A two-year-old girl died Friday after a mirror fell off of a wall at a Payless Shoe store and smashed over her head.
Ifrah Siddique was severely injured when the mounted full-length mirror fell on her just after 8pm, and was rushed to the Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale, Georgia.
The toddler was trying on shoes when the mirror fell, and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Police have said the death appears to be an accident.
Ifrah Siddique died Friday after a mirror fell off of a wall at a Payless Shoe store and smashed over her head
The toddler was trying on shoes when the mirror fell, and was pronounced dead at the hospital
While Ifrah was in the store with her mother trying on shoes the mirror fell off of the wall and smashed over her head
The girl’s father, Moshin Siddique, told Fox 5 he feels ‘dead, like I am no more.’
‘That was my little girl,’ the grieving father said through tears.
‘We’re pulling through,’ Ifrah’s cousin Aquib Iftkhar told WTSP. ‘Everybody is still grieving and it’s really hard. We’re in a state of shock.’
Latisha Culpatrick works at the store next to Payless said she knew something serious happened when she heard a crash and a woman’s scream.
‘I could hear the crash and the mom screaming,’ she told Fox.
‘Everybody was crowded around the door. It was just tragic. I’m sure the mom didn’t think when she was coming in to go shopping she wouldn’t come out with her child. That’s bad. Really bad.’
The two-year-old girl’s father, Moshin Siddique, told Fox 5 he feels ‘dead, like I am no more’
‘That was my little girl,’ the grieving father said through tears. The Siddique family has asked that the store ensure shelves and mirrors are secure and in place to prevent another tragedy like this one
Culpatrick, who is a mother herself, said she saw blood and assumed the child had a seizure.
‘I didn’t know it was that bad,’ she explained.
Payless said the company is ‘devastated’ about the girl’s death in a statement to Fox 5
The tragic accident happened at the Payless Shoe Source on the 7100 block of Georgia Highway 85.
The Siddique family has asked that the store ensure shelves and mirrors are secure and in place to prevent another tragedy like this one.
Payless said the company is ‘devastated’ about the girl’s death in a statement to Fox 5.
‘Our deepest sympathies go out to the family of Ifrah Siddique during this time of incredible loss,’ the statement read.
‘We are devastated by this tragic event and are fully cooperating with authorities to reach and understand the nature of this accident. Out of respect for the family, no further information will be provided at this time.’