An autopsy on the teenage girl who died after eating a meal of pepperpot and bread at her home Monday last  revealed  that her death was due to her choking on a piece of bread, the girl’s father Mr. Godfrey Erskine said yesterday.

He said the doctor had informed him that the girl choked on a piece of bread which got into her lung and caused her to be unable to breathe resulting in her death.
Ronita Erskine popularly known as ‘Pinky’ took ill at her  home at West Ruimveldt and died before receiving medical attention moments after she had  finished a lively and animated conversation with her father and had settled down to watch her favourite video cartoons.
Ronita was a student at the Gifted Hands Learning Centre.
Her mother Mrs. Susan Erskine is an employee of the Guyana Chronicle.
Her father had recounted the moments before the girl collapsed while eating a meal early Monday morning.
He said that he had given her a meal of pepperpot and bread and was moving around the home when he heard a loud thumping noise in the upper flat where he had left her.
He rushed back upstairs to see what was happening and found the teenager tossing on the floor and apparently gasping for breath.
He thought that she had choked on her food and tried to help her but her condition began to deteriorate when she began to bleed through her nose and mouth.
He had no option but to rush her to a hospital.
There at the St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital, the young girl was declared dead on arrival.
The family which had an extremely gloomy holiday have planned her funeral service to be held at Sandy’s Funeral Parlour on Monday.

(By Clifford Stanley)