A one-year-old girl who died following an accident involving a car has been named locally as Pearl Black.
Police are believed to be investigating reports that an unoccupied car rolled down a hill at an address in Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, into a wall which then crushed the youngster.
Pearl was taken to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil by air ambulance after the incident at 1.39pm on Sunday but died a short time later.
Local mother Rebecca Morgan, 30, who was taking her daughter to a birthday party when she spoke to the Press Association, said she saw the little girl's father standing near the site of the accident from a window on Sunday night.
Ms Morgan said the village had been eerily quiet on Monday morning after the terrible incident.
She said she understood that the family had been to the park and were walking back when the accident happened.
Another resident, Brenda Meaker, 68, said the girl's father was Paul Black, a tattooist who had appeared on The Voice and was a local entertainer who sang at clubs.
She said: "I've been here 30 years and I have never heard of anything like that happening.
"It is just something you can't believe; it is unbelievable that something like this could happen. I don't want to believe it and yet it is true."
One local woman, who did not want to be named, said she saw police, an ambulance and the fire brigade drive through the village, which is near to Merthyr Tydfil, at around 1.50pm.
She said the air ambulance landed near the school just after 2pm.
"My colleague knows the guy (father of the girl) and she rang me later on and said it was a (little) girl and that the handbrake went on the car and it hit the wall and then this happened."
She said she believed the car involved in the incident did not belong to a family member.
South Wales Police said an investigation was under way to establish how the toddler suffered fatal injuries in the incident.
A force spokesman said: "An investigation is now under way into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
"The family respectfully ask to be left alone to grieve at this very difficult time and are being supported by specially trained officers."
Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward.