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Google ‘dead body’ sparks panic

A schoolgirl sparked panic after she was photographed lying face down and seemingly dead on Google Street View.

People living in Middle Road, St John’s, Worcester, were so concerned they contacted Google in case a crime had gone undetected.

The brown-haired girl, who was wearing a pink and brown dress, was apparently dead with her legs lying across the curb and onto the road.

But the “body” was in fact a nine-year-old girl playing a prank with her friend. The Google Street View camera took the snap last summer.

The girl, Azura Beebeejaun, now 10, said: ’‘I didn’t know anything about the Google Street View car. I fell over while I was playing with my friend and thought it would be funny to play dead.

’’I heard a car go past me but had no idea I was having my picture taken, I was just playing a joke on my friend.“

One resident, who did not wish to be named, said: ’’When we heard about the Street View images we had a look at our street and thought it was really cool.

’’It might have been a joke but lots of people were very worried.

’’When you see a young girl face-down on the pavement you wonder what on earth has happened to her.

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This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .