‘Hide and seek’ boy, 4, dies in tumble dryer

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy was found dead in a tumble dryer yesterday after playing a game of hide and seek.

‘Hide and seek’ boy, 4, dies in tumble dryer

The child was reported missing from the garden of his home on Northcliffe Road, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, shortly after 10.30am yesterday morning.

A police helicopter was scrambled before the boy was found dead just under an hour later by his “distraught” mother and a police officer.

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