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Collapsing shelves kill two-year-old girl in Pinawa

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A two-year-old girl was killed in tragic accident in Pinawa last week.

Lac du Bonnet RCMP say on Thursday morning the girl was playing, supervised, inside an area business.

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She ran past a portable wood room partition, which tipped over from the weight of some metal shelving racks leaning against it. The partition and the shelves landed on the girl.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

RCMP continue to investigate the incident, but they say foul play is not suspected.

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