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Toddler dies after store display falls on her at Illinois mall

By Daily Southtown , A 2-year-old girl died Tuesday after a display fell on her inside a clothing store at Orland Square Mall in Orland Park, Ill., authorities said.
Published: August 28, 2019, 9:31am

Orland Park Police and paramedics responded to the Akira store at 104 Orland Square Drive just before 2 p.m., police said in a statement.

The child, Alexandra Martinez, had been at the mall with her aunt when a display fell on her and she suffered a serious head injury, according to Orland Fire Protection District spokesman Ray Hanania.

Alexandra was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she was pronounced dead, police said. The girl’s family is from Harvey, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

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