A 6-year-old Mississippi girl’s death is being investigated as a tragic accident after police said she climbed into a large livestock food barrel and became trapped.
Gracelynn Vick went missing on Sunday, hours before her body was discovered in the 58-gallon barrel roughly 50 feet from her family’s Saucier home.
Investigators believe Vick was playing when she climbed into the barrel and closed the lid from inside.
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The child became trapped and later died from a lack of oxygen and heat stress.
Harrison County Sheriff Matt Haley described the death as a “tragic accident” and likened it to becoming trapped in a hot car.
The medical examiner’s office confirmed that foul play was not involved in the incident.
