Girl, 3 dies after being pinned by a garage dooor

A 3-year-old girl has died after being pinned under an automatic garage door at a home in eastern Maryland.
Charles County sheriff's spokeswoman Diane Richardson tells The Washington Post that the girl slipped out of the house and into the garage just before 4 p.m. Friday.
Authorities believe she may have pushed the garage door's control button and tried to run out of the garage.

A 3-year-old girl was pronounced dead after a garage door crushed her

Authorities believe she may have pushed the garage door's control button then tried to run out of the garage

Richardson said the door apparently struck the girl's back and pinned her.
'We're testing to see if there were any malfunctions,' she told reporters.

An adult in the house heard the door and checked within minutes. the Washington Post reported.

An autopsy is being done to determine cause of death and the garage door is being tested to see if it malfunctioned

A preliminary investigation indicates the girl may have died of asphyxiation.
An autopsy is scheduled.
Waldorf is located about 30 miles southeast of Washington, D.C., on the east side of the Potomac River.

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