Tragedy as girl, four, crushed to death by 1,200lb tombstone while playing in church graveyard

A four-year-old girl has been crushed to death by a falling tombstone while playing in a church graveyard.

Peyton Townsend, from Deep Gap, North Carolina, suffered severe head injuries just minutes before a vacation Bible school study at Mount Paran Church on Friday.

Several children had been running around in the backyard of the church, which doubles as a cemetery, at about 6.20pm, according to pastor Rick Cornejo.

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