'Our world came crashing down': death of child prompts review at Winnipeg daycare centre

The death of a young child who choked while eating an apple at a Winnipeg daycare has prompted the province to launch a review of the childcare centre.

The death of a young child who choked while eating an apple at a Winnipeg daycare has prompted the province to launch a review of the childcare centre.

Family confirmed the child, who has been identified as two-year-old Brayden Smythe, choked on an apple Tuesday while at the Horizons Children's Centre, a daycare in the St. James area.

Horizons Children's Centre declined to comment on the situation.

"Our world came crashing down and in a blink of an eye changed forever," the child's mother Megan Smythe told CTV News in a message.

"Rick and I lay beside an empty crib in an empty room with the biggest hole in our hearts. When we kissed you goodbye yesterday, we did not know that would be the last kiss with you here on Earth."

Emergency crews were called to the 200 block of Booth Drive just after noon Tuesday for a medical incident involving a young child.

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) told CTV News a patient was treated on the scene by paramedics and taken to hospital in critical condition. Winnipeg police confirmed the young child later died.