Child dies after choking on food at Costco in Kennewick

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KENNEWICK, Wash.- A 4-year-old girl died at the hospital after choking on some food at Costco on the afternoon of July 9.

According to Benton County Coroner Bill Leach the child was a few days away from her fifth birthday.

The choking incident was “heavily witnessed” at the store according to Coroner Leach and no autopsy is scheduled.

 

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