Man, woman and child dead after falling from block of flats

The deaths are being treated as "unexpected"

Scotland Yard said that officers were called to the UNCLE building in Elephant and Castle at 7.29am this morning after reports that people had fallen from a height.

Despite attempts to resuscitate the people, all three died with the police saying the deaths are being treated as "unexpected".

No one else has been hurt.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 7.31am on Wednesday 27 May 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.

“Our first paramedic arrived in around four minutes.

“Very sadly, despite the best efforts of our crews, three people were pronounced dead the scene.”

Their next of kin has been informed and are being supported by specialist officers.

The Met Police said officers attended alongside the London Ambulance Service, London's Air Ambulance and the London Fire Brigade.