Mum and newborn baby found dead in Travelodge hotel room
dailyrecord.co.ukThe tragic deaths of a mother and her new born baby, who was delivered in a Travelodge hotel room, are being treated as "unexplained" by police.
The woman and child were found "unresponsive" and were rushed to hospital but were pronounced dead shortly after arrival.Police have now launched an investigation into their tragic deaths on Thursday afternoon.
Hotel staff at the Leicester City Centre Travelodge raised the alarm where several ambulances were witnessed arriving at the scene just before 3pm, Leicestershire Live reported .
One shopper, who witnessed the tragedy unfold, saw medics trying and failing to resuscitate the youngster and its mother, administering CPR on the rooftop car park.He said: "It has to be the most heartbreaking thing I've ever seen”.The man, who did not want to be named, said he was preparing to leave the car park when he heard sirens in the street below.He added: "I was in the car park when suddenly there was a lot of commotion."There were paramedics running up the ramp of the multi-storey car park."I realised it was because the ambulances couldn't get to the rooftop and were still down in the street.
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