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Schoolboy, 14, collapses and dies as police launch probe

A young boy has died after was found collapsed and rushed to hospital.

The 14-year-old boy reportedly died shortly after arriving at hospital, early hours of this morning (Sunday, April 23) police have said.

Police were called to the scene in Courthouse Green in Coventry at around 3am where they found the teen and took him to get help.

His death is currently being treated as unexplained. A post-mortem will take place in due course, West Midlands Police said.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “We were called after a teenager was found collapsed off Austin Drive, Coventry, just before 3am today (April 23). A 14-year-old boy was taken to hospital where he was sadly pronounced dead."

“At this stage, the death is being treated as unexplained and a post-mortem will take place in due course.”

Meanwhile a 16 and 17 year old were found dead on Friday following a horror car crash.

Emergency services, including four air ambulances, were called at around 4.10pm on Friday to a two-vehicle collision on the B4035 Campden Road, near to the Portobello Crossroads in the Cotswolds.

The crash involved a Ford Fiesta and a Fiat 500.

A 17-year-old boy and a 16 year-old girl from the Fiesta were both airlifted to hospital, and have since died. Their next of kin have been informed

A 16-year-old boy in the same vehicle who was also airlifted to hospital remains in a life-threatening condition.

A fourth occupant of the Fiesta, a 17-year-old boy, is now in a stable condition following surgery.

Three occupants from the Fiat, a woman and two children, all sustained serious injuries and are in a stable condition in hospital.

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