A 10-year-old girl with Type 1 diabetes died after slipping into a coma while on a road trip with her family over the summer, authorities said. Now, her mother has been charged with manslaughter for allegedly delaying seeking life-saving medical care for the child, who was dead by the time she got to a hospital, according to the charging document. Police in Washington state said they began investigating the death after the child's mother brought her to a hospital in Tacoma in July. The girl, from Kirkland, is believed to have died from prolonged diabetic ketoacidosis, or DKA, police said. Following a monthslong, "extensive" investigation, the mother was arrested earlier this month for first-degree manslaughter and remains booked on $1 million bail while awaiting trial, the Kirkland Police
Mother charged after diabetic daughter dies
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