UPDATE: A YOUNG girl who became tangled in her skipping rope while playing in her backyard in East Gippsland has died in hospital.

The six-year-old girl was found unconscious by family members near a swing set in the backyard of their Anderson St property in Bairnsdale at 4.30pm yesterday.

"She was playing with the swing set and got tangled in the skipping rope, it was just a really tragic accident," Investigating Officer Margaret Schulz said.

Ambulance Victoria spokesman John Mullen said the girl suffered cardio-respiratory arrest and was treated by paramedics at the scene as well as en route to Bairnsdale Hospital, where she later died.

Police are preparing a report for the Coroner.