Emergency services rushed to a playing field after a young boy collapsed but sadly they were unable to stop him dying. The tragic incident happened playing field at The Telford Langley School in Telford, Shropshire on Friday afternoon.
Paramedics were called to the scene after being alerted to a ‘medical emergency’. West Midlands Ambulance service said they found a pupil in a critical condition with onlookers trying to save him.
He was rushed to the Princess Royal Hospital but, despite the efforts of medics, sadly died shortly afterwards. A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We were called to reports of a child who had collapsed at Langley School in Dawley, Telford.
“The first ambulance arrived six minutes after the call and was backed up by a second ambulance, a paramedic manager and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford. On arrival, crews found a patient in a critical condition, already receiving medical support from bystanders. Crews took over and provided advanced care to the child before he was taken on blue lights to Princess Royal Hospital.
“The doctor and critical care paramedic on the aircraft travelled with the ambulance crew on the way to hospital, where medics were on standby to receive the child. Sadly, shortly after arrival at hospital it became apparent nothing could be done to save the child despite everyone’s best efforts and he was confirmed deceased.”
West Mercia police said it was not treating the death as suspicious. A spokesman for the force said: “West Midlands Ambulance Service alerted us that they were responding to a medical emergency involving a child at a school in Telford. Tragically the child died in hospital that afternoon. His death isn’t being treated as suspicious. The thoughts of all of us are with his family and friends.”
The Mirror has contacted Telford Langley School for comment.
