Girl dies shortly after falling ill on Aberdeen street

A girl has died shortly after falling ill on a street in Aberdeen.

Concerns for the child were raised at about 8.40pm on Saturday after she was taken unwell on the city’s Skene Road.

She was taken to the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital but was pronounced dead a short time later.

Police said they are treating her death as “unexplained” but that there are no suspicious circumstances.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were made aware of concern for a child who had taken unwell on Skene Road in Aberdeen around 8.40pm on Saturday, October 25.

“She was taken to the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital but was pronounced dead a short time later.

“Her death is being treated as unexplained but there are no apparent suspicious circumstances.”