A man has died after suffering a ‘medical episode’ at a graveyard in north east England Saturday.
Emergency services rushed to Tudhoe Cemetery near Spennymoor in County Durham following reports of concern for a male Saturday afternoon.
However, despite their best efforts, medics pronounced him dead at the scene shortly after 2pm.
INVESTIGATION IS ON
Police are not treating his death as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner, a Durham Constabulary spokesperson said.
An inquest will be held to establish the circumstances surrounding the man’s death.
A spokesperson for Durham Constabulary spokesperson said: ‘Police were called shortly after 2.10pm following reports of a man suffering a medical episode at Tudhoe Cemetery, near Spennymoor.
‘Paramedics also attended, but sadly the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
‘His death is not being treated as suspicious, and a file will be prepared for the coroner.’
A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson added: ‘We were called by Durham Police at 2.11pm to assist with a patient in the cemetery on York Hill Road in Spennymoor.
‘We dispatched two paramedic crews, a clinical team leader and specialist paramedic.’
