A man, woman and a child have died after a fall from a high-rise block of flats in south London.
Emergency services were called to flats on Churchyard Row, Elephant and Castle, at 7.29am on Wednesday, following reports that people had fallen from height, the Metropolitan Police said.
At the scene, three people – a man, a woman and a child – were found to have died, despite resuscitation attempts by emergency services personnel.
Their deaths are being treated as unexpected and the Met is investigating, the force said.
There were no other reported injuries.
A spokesperson for the Met Police said: “Work is under way to formally identify those who died. Their next-of-kin have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers.
“Detectives are urging any witnesses or anyone with information to come forward by calling 101, quoting CAD 1613/27MAY.”
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 7.31am on Wednesday May 27 to reports of an incident on Churchyard Row, SE11.
“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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