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Girl, 11, dies during sleepover in Northeast Philly

She was found unresponsive after a sleepover and pronounced dead at a hospital.

Philadelphia police crime scene tape surrounds the front of a home in the 9200 block of Angus Place in northeast Philadelphia where an 11-year-old girl was found unresponsive after a sleepover on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017.
Philadelphia police crime scene tape surrounds the front of a home in the 9200 block of Angus Place in northeast Philadelphia where an 11-year-old girl was found unresponsive after a sleepover on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017.Read moreTIM TAI / Staff Photographer

Police are investigating the death of an 11-year-old girl who was found unresponsive Wednesday morning after a sleepover at a neighbor's home in Northeast Philadelphia.

Police said the girl was found unresponsive about 10:15 a.m. in the neighbor's home on the 9200 block of Angus Place. She was taken to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital and pronounced dead at 11:20 a.m, police said. Homicide detectives are investigating.

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    Joseph A. Gambardello
    Joseph A. Gambardello is a Team Now morning staff writer. A former wire service reporter and foreign correspondent and New York City newspaper journalist, he joined the Inquirer in 1995 and has worked on the City, South Jersey, Features, and Online Desks.