A little girl tragically passed away after choking on her favorite treat during a ride home with her mother.
5-year-old Imogen just finished her swimming lessons in NSW, Australia, when her mother, Samantha Lennon, picked her up with her car to take her back to their Canowindra home on January 16.
While on the way back home, the girl was eating a Frankfurt sausage – her favorite treat – when she suddenly started choking in the backseat of the car.
Terrified for her daughter’s wellbeing, Lennon immediately rang the ambulance before rushing her child to the hospital on her own when she was told there was no emergency vehicle nearby.
Unfortunately, the little girl could not be saved in time.
“Imogen was a bright, determined, loving and sassy 5yr old who sadly grew her wings on Monday the 16th of January due to the most tragic and unlikely event,” Tamara Harrison, Samantha’s family friend, wrote in a GoFundMe fundraiser.
Harrison added: “To make sense of such a tragic loss in such a way is inconceivable, there are no words that could accurately describe how shattered Imogen’s family are
“It is impossible to imagine life without Imogen.”
The family friend also revealed that Imogen’s parents are a lovely couple who are always helping other people and “would give the shirts off their backs, without a second thought, should someone be in need.”
“The burden of trying to find the money to pay for Imogen’s final resting place and a fitting celebration of her short life is a burden that I would like to remove for this family, while they deal with such an unthinkable tragedy,” the tear-jerking tribute concludes.
Our thoughts are with Imogen’s family and friends during this challenging time.
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