Boy, 4, killed by falling Rawtenstall Cemetery gravestone

A four-year-old boy has died after a gravestone fell on him at a cemetery, police have said.

The boy was fatally injured at Rawtenstall Cemetery in Burnley Road, Haslingden, at 13:00 BST on Saturday, Lancashire Police said.

Paramedics tried to save him but “tragically” the boy died in the “devastating” incident, a force spokesman said.

He added the death was not being treated as suspicious and a file would be sent to the coroner “in due course”.

The police spokesman said officers had been called to the cemetery “following reports a gravestone had fallen on to a child”.

He added: “Tragically, and despite the best efforts of the emergency services, the boy sadly died.

“Our thoughts are with his loved ones at this devastating time.”