Pearl Black: One-year-old daughter of 'The Voice' star Paul Black killed in 'freak car accident'

'She was the reason we all lived,' says family

Undated family handout photo issued by South Wales Police of Pearl Black (PA)

A one-year-old who died following an accident involving a car has been named locally as Pearl Black.

The baby was the daughter of Paul Black, a former contestant on BBC talent programme The Voice.

Her parents said: "She has left a massive hole in our hearts, the world will be a darker place without her. She was the reason we all lived."

Pearl was on her way home from a local park with her father when they were hit by a car.

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.

A South Wales Police spokesman said: "We can confirm officers responded to an emergency call at an address in Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil.

"A female child was taken to hospital by air ambulance after an incident involving a single vehicle understood to be unoccupied at the time.

"Tragically, the infant died shortly afterwards."