Boy, 15, dies after falling unwell at school and being rushed to hospital
A TEENAGE boy has died after falling unwell at a secondary school.
Emergency crews rushed to Coopers school in Chislehurst, south east London, at around 1.30pm on Tuesday after the 15-year-old became sick.
He was rushed to hospital but was tragically pronounced dead shortly after.
The schoolboy's death is being treated as unexpected but not suspicious at this time, says Metropolitan Police.
A spokesperson for the force said: "On Tuesday, 13 May at 1.25pm police were called by the London Ambulance Service to a school in Bromley, where a 15-year-old boy was suffering a medical emergency.
"London's Air Ambulance transported the boy to hospital where he has sadly now died.
"The boy's death is being treated as unexpected but not suspicious at this time.
"His family and the school are being supported by officers."
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