Boy dies after falling sick at school
A 15-year-old boy has died after falling ill at a secondary school.
Emergency services rushed to Coopers School in Hawkwood Lane, Chislehurst, south-east London, after the incident at around 1:30 pm on Tuesday.
Police and two ambulance crews, along with a paramedic, an incident response officer and an air ambulance, were all dispatched.
Pronounced dead
The boy was taken to the hospital, but was sadly pronounced dead shortly afterwards, News Shopper reported.
The death is currently being treated as unexpected but not suspicious.
Coopers is the only school in Hawkwood Lane but emergency services are yet to confirm where the incident took place.
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said they had been called, along with the London Ambulance Service, to a school, where the student was suffering a medical emergency.
Family being supported
It confirmed the boy’s death and that ‘his family and the school are being supported by officers’.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ‘We were called at 1:20 pm yesterday (13 May) to reports of a person unwell in Hawkwood Lane, Chislehurst.
‘We sent two ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast response car and an incident response officer to the scene. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance.
‘The first paramedic arrived in less than five minutes.
‘We treated a teenager at the scene and took him to the hospital by road as a priority.’
The Met Police has been approached for comment.
