A family have been left "broken" after a teenager died just days before Christmas when an ambulance failed to turn up despite a desperate 999 call. The body of Bradley Holder, 19, was found at an address in Burslem, near Stoke-on-Trent on Monday, December 19.
Brad called 999 himself at 6.12pm on Sunday, December 18, but West Midlands Ambulance Service was so busy, they did not dispatch an ambulance to him. A second 999 call was then made by someone else in the house at 9.04am on Monday, December 19, but he was tragically pronounced dead at the scene just minutes later, StokeonTrentLive reports.
The 19-year-old's death is currently being treated as 'unexplained' by Staffordshire Police. His family have been left devastated and desperate for answers. Brad was living in Beaconsfield Drive in Blurton and had previously attended Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy.
