The heartbreaking final photo of boy, 2, taken just minutes before he died in fireplace accident

This is the heartbreaking last photo taken of a two-year-old boy who died when a fireplace fell on him at his family home in Wigan home.

Carter Walsh was pictured meeting a family friend's horse during a day out with his family on Wednesday (September 18). Tragically, less than half an hour later, the toddler was involved in the tragic accident at home on Fisher Close.

His devastated auntie Natalie Prescot, 35, said a marble fireplace collapsed on him as he danced with his cousin in the living room. Carter was rushed to hospital with a head injury but was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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Natalie said Carter had been for lunch that day at a carvery restaurant with her mum, sister and daughter, Saskia Prescott, 16. She said he had the 'best day ever' when he got to visit her mum's horses - with photos showing him gazing up at one of them.

Carter was then driven back to his home where Saskia had played with him for around 20 minutes while Samantha was out. But disaster struck as they were dancing in the living room when the marble fireplace collapsed - after its bottom section 'snapped' - and fell on him.

Natalie said: "The fireplace, it just collapsed in the middle. It was giving and it’s just collapsed and it’s just come forward. It was a marble fireplace."

Saskia and the property's landlord, who was at the address fixing a boiler at the time, phoned an ambulance and tried to resuscitate Carter straight away. Carter's mum Samantha learned of the incident moments later when Saskia rang her to say that there had been an accident.

Sadly he passed away in hospital. In a statement issued yesterday, a spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: "At around 2.15pm on Wednesday September 18, officers were called to reports regarding a concern for welfare of a child on Fisher Close, Wigan.

"Sadly, despite the best efforts of paramedics, a two-year-old boy later died at hospital. Enquiries are ongoing and officers are supporting the family at this time."

A spokesperson for the North West Ambulance Service said: "We attended an incident at a private address following a 999 call at 2.06pm. An ambulance, air ambulance, response vehicle, advanced paramedic attended. A patient was taken to hospital by road."

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