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Evening Standard
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Person dies at Kensington High Street building site as ambulances rush to scene

A person has died at a building site in Kensington High Street - in an incident that saw a dozen emergency vehicles scrambled to the scene.

London Ambulance Service paramedics arrived at roughly 12.30pm on Wednesday, where they reportedly found a person in cardiac arrest.

Despite their best efforts, the person died at the scene.

Historic images of the site show it clad in Henry Construction branding but the firm is no longer understood to be operating the premises, which is now clad in white banners.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 12.28pm today to reports of an incident on Kensington High Street, W8.

“We sent numerous resources to the scene, including three ambulance crews, medics in two fast response cars, an incident response officer, an advanced paramedic and members of our hazardous area response team (HART).

“Our first medics arrived in less than three minutes. Sadly, despite the best efforts of our crews, a patient was pronounced dead at the scene.”

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