Mumbai: 13-year-old dies during dance performance Photo Credit: Times Now A snippet from the video seconds before Sharma collapsed on stage

Mumbai: In a most unfortunate incident which has come to light from the city of Mumbai, a 13-year-old girl collapsed while in the middle of a dance performance during an event organised by a local corporator. The girl who has been identified as Aneesha Sharma, a student of Class 7, was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead upon arrival.

A video of the incident shows the girl performing on stage during the program, CM Chashak, organised in the city’s Kandivali area. Reports suggest that the program was organised by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporator Kamlesh Yadav. In the video, the girl can be seen performing a dance on stage before collapsing. She was taken to the Trident hospital where doctors declared her dead.

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(13-year-old Aneesha Sharma)

In a statement he gave to media personnel, the organizer said that participants from different schools were invited to participate in the event where teachers had accompanied them. The program began at 5 pm and the participant who was to perform at number three was taking a little too much time to get ready and so this girl volunteered to go first, he said. “However, after dancing for about ten seconds, she collapsed,” he added.

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He further added that organisers rushed her to a hospital and made all possible efforts to seek medical attention at the earliest but unfortunately, the girl passed away. The girl’s body has been sent for post-mortem and police are awaiting the results to determine a cause of death.

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