A three-year-old girl choked to death during a family meal at a seaside resort.
Ellie Conlon, from Red-ditch, Worcestershire, had been taken to Weston-super-Mare, in Somerset, for a summer treat by her parents.
The family were sitting out in the sunshine in the town's Aller Parade enjoying a sausage and chips takeaway when the toddler started choking on her food.
A passing police officer stopped to try and help the youngster, as passers-by and shopkeepers took it in turns to shake her in an attempt to dislodge the blockage.
Ellie was taken to Weston General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead a short time later, at 1.30pm, on July 15.
Avon Coroner's office manager, Mike Whitcombe, said an inquest had been opened and adjourned into her death.
"She was with her parents on a visit to Weston and it seems she was eating some food and began to choke," he said.
"A passing police officer stopped and removed some of the food, but unfortunately couldn't get it all out.
"An ambulance attended and she was taken to A & E and unfortunately could not be resuscitated."
News of the death comes in the same week that an inquest in Bristol heard how one-year-old Muhammedfatiu Bankole choked to death on a jelly cube given to him as a treat by his parents.
Roger Vincent, from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, said the deaths of the two children highlighted the potential dangers of serving toddlers certain types of food.
"These kinds of cases are rare. We may be get two children under four choking to death each year on cherry tomatoes and grapes - types of food that if children swallow too quickly can block the windpipe.
"We would recommend mashing up food and breaking it down so it doesn't produce the shapes that could cause a blockage."
