Three people including a child have died after falling from a high-rise block of flats in south London, say the emergency services.
They were called to Churchyard Row in Elephant and Castle, south London, at around 7.30am on Wednesday.
They were responding to reports that people had fallen from a tall block of flats.
Police, ambulance crews and the London Fire Brigade raced to the scene, with some units arriving within four minutes.
A man, a woman and a child were found at the location.
The three individuals were given emergency treatment but they were all pronounced dead despite the resuscitation attempts.
The Met Police said the deaths were being treated as “unexpected”.
Specialist police officers are supporting the next of kin of the three people, with formal identification of them underway.
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 27 May 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 the scene.”
