School mourns girl, 8, after asthma attack
Chloe McCowatt, eight, of Springfield Gardens, Inverness, died in the city's Raigmore Hospital on Tuesday after being taken ill at the Central Primary School where she was a pupil.
"She had a bond with not only her family, but her friends and everyone else who knew her," a family statement said. "Her family will never get over her sudden, tragic and devastating loss."
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Hide AdA spokesman for Northern Constabulary said yesterday that inquiries into Chloe's death were continuing, but there were no suspicious circumstances.
"She had been complaining of feeling unwell and her condition deteriorated at home," he said.
Rhona MacCormack, acting headteacher at the school, said she was a "beautiful wee girl".