Mum of boy, 2, killed in horror incident tells of chilling phone call after she popped out for 20 minutes

A mum has told how she discovered her two year-old son was seriously injured after a tragic accident in a chilling phone call after she'd popped out for 20 minutes. Carter Walsh sadly died after what is believed to have been a fireplace collapse at his home.

Mum Samantha Walsh said she was made aware of the toddler's condition when her niece rang her on Wednesday. The teenager told her sister Carter had 'banged his head', but in fact, a marble fireplace is understood to have collapsed and fallen on him at the family home.

Samantha, 38, feared the worst and rushed back to the property in Worsley Mesnes, Wigan, where paramedics were desperately trying to save little Carter. He later died in hospital.

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Speaking to reporters for the first time since the tragedy, mum-of-four Samantha said: "He was my best friend. He was well-loved, not just by his family but by anybody that met him. He broke the hearts of everybody he met... He was the apple of our eyes."

Carter had enjoyed the "best day ever" with relatives on Wednesday - and got to meet his grandmother's horse - and played with his cousin and aunt Natalie Prescott, 35, at his home when Samantha popped out. Less than half an hour later, disaster struck and an ambulance was called to the address.

Natalie said: "The fireplace, it just collapsed in the middle. It was giving and it’s just collapsed and it’s just come forward. It was a marble fireplace." The property's landlord, who was at the address fixing a boiler at the time, phoned 999 and paramedics dashed to the scene.

Natalie's daughter then called Samantha, who began to panic. Samantha said: "She was very calm at first and she just said ‘You