Schoolboy, 14, collapses and dies as police launch probe
A police probe has been launched after a 14-year-old boy died in the early hours of Sunday morning
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Your support makes all the difference.A teenager has died in Coventry after he collapsed and was rushed to hospital.
A police probe has been launched after a 14-year-old boy died in the early hours of Sunday morning shortly after arriving at hospital.
Police were called to Courthouse Green in Coventry at around 3am on Sunday where they found the 14-year-old.
The death is currently being treated as unexplained, West Midlands Police said.
A post-mortem will take place in due course.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “We were called after a teenager was found collapsed off Austin Drive, Coventry, just before 3am today (April 23). A 14-year-old boy was taken to hospital where he was sadly pronounced dead.”
“At this stage, the death is being treated as unexplained and a post-mortem will take place in due course.”
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