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.