Metropolitan Police officer dies after collapsing in London's Trafalgar Square
Police said the 38-year-old man's death was not suspicious
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Your support makes all the difference.A London police officer has died after collapsing in Trafalgar Square.
The 38-year-old officer suddenly fell ill on Friday morning, a spokesperson for Scotland Yard said.
“Police were called by London Ambulance Service at approximately 6am on Friday, 27 November to reports of a man collapsed in Trafalgar Square
“LAS treated a 38-year-old man at scene before taking him to a south London hospital where he subsequently died.”
The Metropolitan Police Federation extended its condolences to the officer, writing on Facebook: “Our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues at this time.”
The man’s relatives have been informed and his death is not being treated as suspicious.
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