Air ambulance landed after tragic Doncaster toddler, 2, went into cardiac arrest and died

An air ambulance was deployed to help a Doncaster toddler whose death later triggered a murder probe.
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The two-year-old boy, who has not yet been named, went into cardiac arrest in a house on Bosworth Road, Adwick, on Wednesday, January 8 and was taken to hospital but could not be saved and died yesterday.

A man, 36 and a woman, 32, were arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in police custody this morning.

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Neighbours said an air ambulance landed in a nearby field while a road ambulance and paramedic cars pulled up outside the house where the tragic toddler was found.

An air ambulance was deployed to help a Doncaster toddler who was found in cardiac arrestAn air ambulance was deployed to help a Doncaster toddler who was found in cardiac arrest
An air ambulance was deployed to help a Doncaster toddler who was found in cardiac arrest

The property remains under police guard this morning while detectives continue to piece together the circumstances surrounding the death.

Flowers have been left outside the property, where a second birthday banner can be seen in a window.

Anyone with information should call South Yorkshire Police on 101 and quote incident 293 of January 8.