A mother in Washington has been charged with manslaughter for allegedly delaying life-saving medical care for her diabetic child.

Lloydina McAllister’s 10-year-old daughter, who had Type 1 diabetes, slipped into a coma on a summer road trip with her family, according to news reports .

The child, identified in documents only as T.G., was dead by the time she arrived at the hospital. Investigators believe she died of prolonged diabetic ketoacidosis, or DKA.

Prosecutors allege that McAllister, 42, “failed to provide life-saving care for her child, despite substantial education and training on the life-threatening risks of prolonged periods of high blood sugar when a child has Type 1 Diabetes.”

McAllister was arrested on Nov. 4 after an investigation by the police department in Kirkland,

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