Child dies after being airlifted to hospital as police swarm street

A child has died after being airlifted from a house in Stoke-on-Trent. A Staffordshire Police spokesman said: "We were called at 2.50pm on Sunday to a property in Biddulph.

"A child was taken to hospital by air ambulance. Sadly, the child was pronounced dead by doctors a short time later. The child's next of kin are aware and are being supported by specialist officers at this difficult time."

StokeonTrentLive reports an air ambulance landed on playing fields off Church Road, Biddulph, after the alarm was raised yesterday afternoon (June 29).

Now police have confirmed a child was pronounced dead by doctors shortly after arriving at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. Multiple police cars were also sent to the scene in Woodland Street. The child's age has not yet been confirmed but their next of kin have been informed.

Express.co.uk have contacted West Midlands Ambulance Service for comment.

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