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A three-year-old boy has died after suffering a cardiac arrest on a
platform at one of London's busiest train stations.
Shocked onlookers and paramedics attempted to resuscitate the boy
after he collapsed at London Bridge station.
He was taken to St Thomas's Hospital but was pronounced dead on
arrival. Police confirmed there are no suspicious circumstances
surrounding the boy's death.
A British Transport Police spokesperson added: "We were called to
London Bridge station at about 9.12pm on 15 October following reports
of a child having collapsed. He was taken to St Thomas's Hospital but
he sadly died. There are no suspicious circumstances. We are looking
into the circumstances and the coroner will be informed."
Eyewitnesses at the scene spoke of their "heartbreak" at witnessing
the boy collapsing.
Dave Hart tweeted: "What just happened at London Bridge was beyond
surreal. Paramedics did CPR for about 20 minutes. RIP to that little
kid man."
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called just
before 9.15pm to reports of a child in cardiac arrest at London Bridge
train station. We sent an ambulance crew, a paramedic on a motorbike,
an advanced paramedic and a duty manager to the scene. The first of
our medics arrived within three minutes of the call coming into our
control room.
"CPR was already being carried out by passers-by on arrival. Our
medics made every effort to resuscitate the patient both at the scene
and on the way to hospital.
He was taken as a priority to St Thomas's."
According to the British Heart Foundation, around 500 young people die
every year with no apparent explanation. An inherited heart condition
is often the cause of death.
Credit: IB Times
