A three-year-old girl was killed by a garage door in Charles County Friday afternoon, police confirmed.
It happened at around 4 p.m. in the 2900 block of Eutaw Forest Drive in Waldorf.
Authorities believe the little girl hit the garage door opener's control button and tried to run out of the garage underneath the descending door. The girl's mother, who had heard the garage door close, became suspicious that no one had come into the house and and went out to find her daughter pinned under the door.
Police are investigating the case as an accidental death, possibly due to asphyxiation. On Friday evening, police were also testing the door's sensors to determine why the girl's presence was not detected.
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3-Year-Old Dies in Garage Door Accident
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