Scotland Yard said officers were called at 7.29am to reports that people had fallen from a height in Elephant and Castle Photograph: Britpix/AlamyScotland Yard said officers were called at 7.29am to reports that people had fallen from a height in Elephant and Castle Photograph: Britpix/AlamyTwo adults and a child die after fall from London high-rise buildingPolice say man, woman and child died at scene after fall from block of flats in Elephant and Castle
A man, a woman and a child have died after falling from a high-rise block of flats in south London, the Metropolitan police said.
Scotland Yard said officers were called at 7.29am on Wednesday to reports that people had fallen from a height in Elephant and Castle.
The three people had died at the scene despite attempts to resuscitate them and the deaths were being treated as “unexpected”, the force said.
A London ambulance service spokesperson said:
“We sent a number of resources to the scene, including ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast-response car, an incident response officer and paramedics from our hazardous area response team (Hart). We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London’s air ambulance.
“Our first paramedic arrived in around four minutes. Very sadly, despite the best efforts of our crews, three people were pronounced dead at the scene.”
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