Patient dies following incident in King s Lynn town centre
| Updated: 17:46, 12 March 2021
Officials say emergency crews were alerted to an incident, which police earlier described as medical, in Broad Street shortly before 7.30am today.
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A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service said a short time ago: We sent two ambulances, a rapid response car and an air ambulance to the scene. Sadly, despite the best efforts of everyone involved, the patient died at the scene.â
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Police more than minimally contributed to a father-of-two s death when they restrained him, an inquest jury has found.
Leon Briggs, 39, was detained under the Mental Health Act and taken to Luton police station in handcuffs and leg restraints on November 4, 2013.
The lorry driver died around two hours later at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital of amphetamine intoxication in association with prone restraint and prolonged struggling , with a secondary cause of heart disease, senior coroner Emma Whitting has said.
Leon Briggs, 39, was detained under the Mental Health Act and taken to Luton police station in handcuffs and leg restraints on November 4, 2013