Baby dies afterlamppost fallson his pram

A baby boy who was hit by a falling lamppost has died.

The one-year-old boy, whose name has not been released, was hit by the lamppost in Chiswick, west London, on Tuesday.

A 62-year-old woman, who was not related to the baby, suffered a back injury but was discharged yesterday. A police spokesman said the baby was with a carer, who was not injured.

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Work was being carried out in the area as part of a traffic and transport improvement scheme, but the council had been been waiting for Virgin Media contractors to move cabling.

A spokeswoman said no contractors were on-site at the time of the incident.

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