Tragic death of Crawley schoolgirl, eight

A Crawley schoolgirl tragically died when she drowned in the bath at her home.
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An inquest heard yesterday (Tuesday) that eight-year-old Lila Grace Haywood died on May 6 last year at her home address in Rusper Road, Crawley.

In a record of inquest, area coroner Joanne Andrews concluded that Lila had died as a result of an accident.

She said that Lila “had been found unresponsive in the bath. A post mortem established that she died as a result of drowning.”