Pa. girl dies after choking in school cafeteria

PITTSBURGH - February 16, 2012 (WPVI) -- A western Pennsylvania girl who choked on a hotdog during lunch at her elementary school has died at a Pittsburgh hospital.

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh says 8-year-old Aizeya Mattocks died Wednesday, two days after she was hospitalized.

Family members say Mattocks choked during lunch at her school in Mercer County, about 60 miles north of Pittsburgh.

Mattocks' family says school personnel had attended to the girl immediately.

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