TRAGIC! Newborn baby dies as 'exhausted' mother falls asleep breastfeeding and suffocates her

A newborn baby died after her 'exhausted' mother fell asleep trying to breastfeed her in her own bed. The mother and infant were sent home from hospital just hours after a long birth.

The tragic incident was reported from Leeds, England.

Baby Evelyn was born at Leeds General Infirmary on September 26, last year at 4.38am, following a prolonged labour.

Her mother was 'exhausted', having had little sleep from September 24, until the baby was born. Despite this, she and her mother were discharged home four hours after the birth.

Around 1.45 am on September 27, the baby was brought into her mother's bed, because she was unsettled. As she was being breastfed, the mother is thought to have fallen asleep. When she woke up at around 4am, the baby was under the mother's breast in an unresponsive condition.

Despite emergency treatment she could not be revived and was pronounced dead at 7.50am at the Leeds General Infirmary.