Boy, 15, dies after being rushed to hospital as he became unwell at school

A teenager who was rushed to school after complaining of feeling unwell later died, as the police called his sad death "unexpected".

Emergency services including road and air ambulances, and officers from the Met Police, raced to Coopers School in Chislehurst, south east London, on Tuesday. Paramedics arrived at the secondary school around five minutes after the alarm was raised and the 15-year-old boy was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after he arrived. The Met Police confirmed his sad death is not being treated as suspicious and his family is being supported by specially trained officers.

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police confirmed: "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.

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"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."

A spokesperson for the London Ambulance Service added: "We were called at 1.20pm on Tuesday, May 13, to reports of a person unwell in Hawkwood Lane, Chislehurst.

"We sent two ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast response car, and an incident response officer to the scene. We also dispatched London's Air Ambulance.

"The first paramedic arrived in less than five minutes. We treated a teenager at the scene and took him to hospital by road as a priority."

The school has been contacted for comment by the .

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