Sheffield girl, 12, in bath drowning tragedy
Gabrielle Smith’s mother Faye said she had broken down the bathroom door and tried to resusciate her daughter, as he 16-year-old son dialled 999 for help.
The alarm was raised by one of Gabrielle’s friends, who was at her home in Ecclesall, Sheffield, for a sleepover, after she became worried.
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Hide AdParamedics took the child, known as Gabi, to Sheffield Children’s Hospital after the incident on Saturday but she was pronounced dead
Mrs Smith, a marketing consultant said: “Words cannot begin to express the devastation we feel losing our darling Gabi - the light of our lives, beautiful inside and out.”