Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Authorities Identify 5-year-old Who Choked to Death
The Los Angeles County medical examiner will perform an autopsy on Athena To.
UPDATE, 2:30 p.m.: Authorities have identified the girl as Athena To. Reports state she apparently choked while eating strawberries. An autopsy is pending.
Original: A 5-year-old girl choked to death Thursday afternoon at her home in the 500 block of South First Avenue.
Her parents called for help shortly before 4 p.m., but she had already stopped breathing by then, and neither police officers' nor paramedics' attempts at CPR could revive her, Arcadia Police Sgt. Dan Crowther said.
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She was pronounced dead at 4:40 p.m. at a local hospital.
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