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Tom Wark

Police investigated as man in custody dies in ambulance

NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Peter McKenna has spoken to the media about a death in custody. (Tom Wark/AAP PHOTOS)

An early morning welfare check will be investigated after a man died in an ambulance as police and paramedics tried to restrain him.

A critical incident has been declared, with the homicide squad and the police watchdog to determine the chain of events leading to the 45-year-old's death in Sydney on Tuesday morning.

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