A BABY died after her mum tripped while holding her as she ducked to avoid a swooping magpie.
The little girl had been left with severe head injuries and later died in a hospital following the freak accident in Queensland, Australia.
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A mother who was swooped by a magpie tripped while carrying her baby Credit: Getty
Paramedics were called to Glindemann Park in the south east of Brisbane yesterday at 12.05pm after the horrific accident.
A Queensland Ambulance Services spokesperson said: "A mother had reportedly been ducking to avoid a magpie and then tripped over with a baby in her arms.
"We transported an infant to Queensland Children’s Hospital in a serious condition with a head injury.
"The medical director was on board and so was a critical care paramedic."
The baby, who has not yet been identified, died later in hospital.
A young couple who were walking in the park said they dashed to help after hearing the parents screaming.
A man told the Courier Mail: "I've seen shock before but this was beyond anything I'd ever seen."
He praised the baby's "heroic" father for quickly calling the emergency services while trying to do "everything he could".
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His wife added: "It's sickening I suppose, seeing a family torn apart in one quick moment."
Two Brisbane City Council workers captured the magpie today and took it away in a cage, after taping off the park and erecting warning signs.
The Australian species is notoriously territorial and is known to attack pedestrians and cyclists at about 150ft from its nest.
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The freak incident happened yesterday in a Brisbane park Credit: Google
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