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B.C. RCMP investigate child medical distress call

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 01 Mar, 2021 08:12 PM
  • B.C. RCMP investigate child medical distress call

Police say homicide investigators have been called after a child was found in medical distress in a small community in the Fraser Valley.

The RCMP in Agassiz say the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over after they were called to a home in Harrison Mills to assist BC Ambulance Service when it was called to a medical emergency.

They say the child was taken to a regional hospital where he was in critical condition and not expected to survive.

The RCMP say no other details are being released. 

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