A man, a woman and a child have died after falling from a high-rise block of flats in south London.
Scotland Yard said officers were called at 7.29am to reports that people had fallen from a height in Churchyard Row, Elephant and Castle.
The three people died at the scene despite attempts to resuscitate and the deaths are currently being treated as “unexpected”, the force said.
No other injuries have been reported.
A spokesman for the Met Police said: “Work is under way to formally identify those who died. Their next-of-kin have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers.
“Detectives are urging any witnesses or anyone with information to come forward by calling 101, quoting CAD 1613/27MAY.”
A London Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We were called at 7.31am on Wednesday May 27 to reports of an incident on Churchyard Row, SE11.
“We sent a number of resources to the scene including ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast response car, an incident response officer and paramedics from our hazardous area response team (HART). We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London’s Air Ambulance.”
Officers were called to Churchyard Row
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They continued: “Our first paramedic arrived in around four minutes. Very sadly, despite the best efforts of our crews, three people were pronounced dead at the scene.”