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Police: 3-year-old girl killed by garage door

A garage door killed a three-year-old in Maryland on Friday, police said.
A garage door killed a three-year-old in Maryland on Friday, police said.NBC Washington

A three-year-old girl was killed by a garage door in Charles County, Md., Friday afternoon, police confirmed.

It happened around 4 p.m. in the 2900 block of Eutaw Forest Drive in Waldorf.

Authorities said the little girl might have been playing with some sort of remote or device when she was fatally injured by the door.

The child's mother discovered her pinned under it.

Police were investigating the case as an accidental death.

NBCWashington.com