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Girl, 16, dies after suspected choking during consensual sex on Sydney’s Northern Beaches

Police have launched an investigation after a teenage girl died in hospital after being found unresponsive in a home on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

Emma Kirk
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Police are investigating the death of a 16-year-old girl who was found unresponsive inside a Sydney home. NewsWire / Damian Shaw
Police are investigating the death of a 16-year-old girl who was found unresponsive inside a Sydney home. NewsWire / Damian Shaw Credit: News Corp Australia

An investigation has been launched after a teenage girl died in hospital days after being found unresponsive inside a home on Sydney’s Northern Beaches — with police examining whether she was choked during consensual sex.

Paramedics were called to conduct a welfare check and found the 16-year-old unresponsive at a Elanora Heights home about 5.45pm on Sunday.

She was treated at the scene and flown to Royal North Shore Hospital in a critical condition.

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The girl was flown to Royal North Shore Hospital in a critical condition, where she died on Tuesday night. Picture: Damian Shaw
The girl was flown to Royal North Shore Hospital in a critical condition, where she died on Tuesday night. Damian Shaw Credit: News Corp Australia

The girl died in hospital on Tuesday night.

The Daily Telegraph reports officers have been told the girl was engaged in a consensual act with a male known to her, when she became unresponsive.

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