16/07/2007
Six-year-old boy found hanged at home
A six-year-old boy has died after being found hanged by a skipping rope in his Greater Manchester home.
Mason Jones was found by his mother in an upstairs bedroom of the house on Walmersley Road in Bury on Friday afternoon.
It is believed that he was playing with his sister.
Paramedics were called and Mason was taken to hospital but he died soon afterwards.
Police said that an investigation was launched into Mason's death but said that no suspicious circumstances had been found.
The case has been passed to the coroner.
(KMcA/JM)
Mason Jones was found by his mother in an upstairs bedroom of the house on Walmersley Road in Bury on Friday afternoon.
It is believed that he was playing with his sister.
Paramedics were called and Mason was taken to hospital but he died soon afterwards.
Police said that an investigation was launched into Mason's death but said that no suspicious circumstances had been found.
The case has been passed to the coroner.
(KMcA/JM)
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