– We are deeply affected by the information that a child has passed away after an incident at Sunde kindergarten in Farsund this afternoon. Our thoughts go out to the relatives, writes the municipality in a press release. The incident took place in Sunde kindergarten in Farsund in Agder just after 1 p.m. This is a municipal kindergarten with around 80 children. The accident happened on Wednesday afternoon at Sunde kindergarten in Farsund. Photo: Kjetil Samuelsen / news Possible fall accident Police and ambulance responded on Wednesday afternoon to a report of a possible fall accident from a low height. Kindergarten staff and health personnel performed life-saving health care on the spot, and the four- to five-year-old girl was transported by air ambulance to the hospital in Kristiansand. The parents were contacted soon after the accident. The police have routinely opened a case and are carrying out the necessary investigations at the scene. They state that there is no information in the case as of now which indicates that something criminal has happened, the municipality writes on its website. – The cause of death is not known, according to the report. The police believe that it is either an accident, or that the death has a medical cause. It is still unclear what caused the death of a child in Sunde kindergarten on Wednesday afternoon. Photo: Kjetil Samuelsen / news Crisis team established Crisis management in Farsund municipality has been set, and an established psychosocial crisis team to look after parents and staff in the nursery. – We activated the municipality’s crisis team quickly after the accident. One of the employees there was in the ambulance helicopter, says mayor Arnt Abrahamsen. – Tonight we have an offer for a gathering for the staff in the nursery and an offer to help parents of the other children in the nursery, says Abrahamsen. Mayor of Farsund Arnt Abrahamsen says they are now following up both guardians and the other children in the municipal kindergarten. Photo: Kjetil Samuelsen / news He says that the municipality, the kindergarten management and the parish priest follow up the employees closely. The crisis management will have another meeting at 9pm on Wednesday evening. Operations leader at the scene Arnt Helge Dragland told news this afternoon that the child must have fallen. – The fall led to such major complications that cardiopulmonary resuscitation had to be performed. The child has been transported by air ambulance to the hospital in Kristiansand, said Dragland. Picked up their children Guardians of the other children in the nursery were asked to pick up their children after the accident. The mayor says the local community is strongly affected by the accident. – This affects a lot of people. It’s something you don’t think can happen, then suddenly it does. The accident is said to have happened in a kindergarten in Farsund in Agder.
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