Police have released this statement following the sad death of a young girl from Burscough Priory Academy yesterday: 'We were called by the ambulance service at around 11.10pm on Monday to reports an 11-year-old girl had been found unresponsive at an address on Maple Avenue, Burscough.
The girl was taken to Ormskirk Hospital, but sadly died a short time later.
Her death is not being treated as suspicious.
Our thoughts are very much with her family and friends at this sad time.'