- Five-year-old girl dies in Adelaide
- Teenager asked triple zero for help
A teenager has recalled the harrowing moment he called emergency services after hearing a man scream as he held the limp body of a five-year-old girl.
Jabar Stanikzai, 13, was walking home from school in Seaton, a western suburb of Adelaide, when he heard a man shouting from a street away.
The young teenager approached the man and saw that he was holding a girl in his arms and she was not moving.
The man shouted at Jabar to call an ambulance, prompting him to contact emergency services.
Emergency services on scene following call in Adelaide on Wednesday
A major police investigation has been launched following the death of a young Adelaide woman
“When I got closer to the man I could see he was holding a girl, a little girl, in his arms and she was limp, not moving or anything and I think he was screaming her name,” Jabar said.
“When he saw me, he shouted at me to call the ambulance, so I ran to the phone box on the street and called the ambulance.”
Jabar made the call just before 4pm and within five minutes saw six or seven ambulances and several police cars arrive at the Housing Trust on Ballater Avenue.
Paramedics treated the young woman at the scene before rushing her to Women’s and Children’s Hospital, where she died a short time later.
The five-year-old boy is believed to have died after suffering cardiac arrest.
Jabar’s father, Abdul Ghafar Stanikzai, said he was proud of his son for helping the man and couldn’t imagine losing a son.
“I am very proud of Jabar because he had never been in an emergency situation like this before and he showed that he could help others,” Stanikzai said. The advertiser.
“But I am a father of three children, and one of my children is five years old just like that girl and I don’t even want to imagine what it’s like to lose someone so young.”
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Flowers left at the scene where a five-year-old girl died in Adelaide on Wednesday
A police spokesperson confirmed the girl’s death is now subject to a forensic investigation. No arrests have been made.
Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said authorities were treating the case “seriously” and were trying to establish how the boy died on Wednesday.
“It’s obviously very tragic when someone loses their life, even more so when it’s a young person,” he told ABC Radio Adelaide.
“Until we have more clarification on the cause and circumstances, we will obviously treat this seriously.”
The Major Crimes unit is assisting with investigations into her death, which Commissioner Stevens said was typical of early investigations due to the girl’s age.
“When a five-year-old passes away, we want to make sure we have the right resources to establish the circumstances as quickly as possible so we can move in the right direction,” he said.
