A three-year-old Sydney girl has died after being crushed by a stone monument.
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The monument was at the Black Head Bowling Club at Hallidays Point.
Superintendent Peter Thurtell told the ABC there had been a party at the bowling club on Saturday night "and a group of children of those adults at the party were out playing near a war memorial out the front of the club".
"The deceased child was not climbing on top of the war memorial. Another child was climbing on top of the war memorial and it appears as though the weight of that child brought it down and another girl was standing behind that slab," Superintendent Thurtell said.
"We can't speculate as to why it fell over … it appears weight was an influencing factor."
Police said emergency services were called to the club about 7.20pm.
The girl was taken to Manning Rural Referral Hospital but died from her injuries.
The child's family, from western Sydney, were on holidays.
A report is being prepared for the coroner.
