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| Toddler collapses and dies suddenly on London Bridge train platform | |
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| A three-year-old boy who collapsed and died on a London train platform on Wednesday is believed to have suffered from a suspected sudden cardiac arrest. | |
| Commuters on the platform tried to help the toddler before paramedics arrived at the scene and attempted to resuscitate the child for 20 minutes at a platform on London Bridge Station, the London Evening Standard reported. | |
| The child was rushed out on a stretcher followed by his parents, whose screams had alerted the passengers around them. | The child was rushed out on a stretcher followed by his parents, whose screams had alerted the passengers around them. |
| The boy was pronounced dead in hospital at shortly before 10pm last night. | The boy was pronounced dead in hospital at shortly before 10pm last night. |
| Police said there were no suspicious circumstances regarding the death. | Police said there were no suspicious circumstances regarding the death. |
| PR manager Melanie Hutchinson was waiting on the opposite platform and a train obstructed her view but told how she heard the child’s parents screaming. | PR manager Melanie Hutchinson was waiting on the opposite platform and a train obstructed her view but told how she heard the child’s parents screaming. |
| She said: “I could hear screams of real pain, harrowing. I wondered if someone was in labour it was so intense. I was looking at the people on the stationary train. Everyone who was there was facing the scene. I don’t think anyone knew what to do or what was going on. | She said: “I could hear screams of real pain, harrowing. I wondered if someone was in labour it was so intense. I was looking at the people on the stationary train. Everyone who was there was facing the scene. I don’t think anyone knew what to do or what was going on. |
| “The tannoy asked for any nurse or doctor to go to platform 5. The train in front never moved so I didn’t see anything. But those screams will haunt me.” | “The tannoy asked for any nurse or doctor to go to platform 5. The train in front never moved so I didn’t see anything. But those screams will haunt me.” |
| A British Transport Police spokesman said: “We were called to London Bridge station at about 9.12pm following reports of a child having collapsed. He was taken to St Thomas’ Hospital but he sadly died. There are no suspicious circumstances. We are looking into the circumstances and the coroner will be informed.” | A British Transport Police spokesman said: “We were called to London Bridge station at about 9.12pm following reports of a child having collapsed. He was taken to St Thomas’ Hospital but he sadly died. There are no suspicious circumstances. We are looking into the circumstances and the coroner will be informed.” |
| He said both of the boy’s parents were with him at the time. | He said both of the boy’s parents were with him at the time. |
| A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “We were called just before 9.15pm to reports of child in cardiac arrest at London Bridge train station. We sent an ambulance crew, a paramedic on a motorbike, an advanced paramedic and a duty manager to the scene. The first of our medics arrived within three minutes of the call coming into our control room. | A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “We were called just before 9.15pm to reports of child in cardiac arrest at London Bridge train station. We sent an ambulance crew, a paramedic on a motorbike, an advanced paramedic and a duty manager to the scene. The first of our medics arrived within three minutes of the call coming into our control room. |
| “CPR was already being carried out by passers-by on arrival. Our medics made every effort to resuscitate the patient both at the scene and on the way to hospital. He was taken as a priority to St Thomas’s.” | “CPR was already being carried out by passers-by on arrival. Our medics made every effort to resuscitate the patient both at the scene and on the way to hospital. He was taken as a priority to St Thomas’s.” |
| Dave Hart tweeted: “What just happened at London Bridge was beyond surreal. Paramedics did CPR for about 20 minutes. RIP to that little kid man.” | Dave Hart tweeted: “What just happened at London Bridge was beyond surreal. Paramedics did CPR for about 20 minutes. RIP to that little kid man.” |
| Abi Rutter wrote: “Cannot stop thinking about the poor little boy and his mum.” | Abi Rutter wrote: “Cannot stop thinking about the poor little boy and his mum.” |
| According to the British Heart Foundation, around 500 young people die suddenly each year with apparently no explanation or cause of death. Often an inherited heart condition is to blame. | According to the British Heart Foundation, around 500 young people die suddenly each year with apparently no explanation or cause of death. Often an inherited heart condition is to blame. |