Child dies after apparent fold-out bed incident at Quebec hotel: provincial police

A Surete du Quebec emblem is seen on an officer's uniform in Montreal on Aug. 22, 2023. Quebec provincial police say a five-year-old child has died after sustaining injuries apparently due to a fold-out bed at a hotel north of Quebec City Friday evening. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

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SAINT-GABRIEL-DE-VALCARTIER, Que. - Quebec provincial police say a five-year-old child has died after sustaining injuries apparently due to a fold-out bed at a hotel outside Quebec City Friday evening.

Sgt. Hélène St-Pierre says police responded to a call around 5:15 p.m. concerning an injured child at the hotel in St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, a town around 23 kilometres northwest of the provincial capital.

St-Pierre says the child was brought to a hospital and later pronounced dead.

The provincial police force's major crimes unit is investigating what happened.

A police forensic team also analyzed the scene.

St-Pierre says investigators are considering all possibilities, but so far it appears the case is not criminal in nature.

This report by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø was first published Jan. 13, 2023.

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