Boy, four, killed after being crushed by falling gravestone in Lancashire

Rawtenstall Cemetery in Haslingdon

A four-year-old boy has died after a gravestone toppled onto him in a cemetery yesterday afternoon.

The child was crushed in the tragic incident at Rawtenstall Cemetery in Haslingdon, Lancashire, at around 1pm.

Emergency services tried to help him, but he could not be saved.

A spokesperson for Lancashire Police said: ‘We were called to Rawtenstall Cemetery at 1pm on July 5 following reports a gravestone had fallen onto a child.

‘Tragically...