Tragedy as man dies after 999 incident in Croft-on-Tees

Police at the scene of the incident <i>(Image: THE NORTHERN ECHO)</i>
Police at the scene of the incident (Image: THE NORTHERN ECHO)
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A man has died following an incident at a Darlington home. 

Police and ambulance crews were called to the Hurworth Road area of Croft-on-Tees on Saturday (February 22) after reports of a man suffering a medical episode. 

The Great North Air Ambulance Service sent a helicopter to the scene at around 1.40pm, while several ambulance crews arrived by road. 

Durham Constabulary last night (February 24) confirmed that a man, aged in his 30s, was sadly pronounced dead at the scene of the incident. 

Police on Hurworth Road, in Croft-on-TeesPolice on Hurworth Road, in Croft-on-Tees (Image: THE NORTHERN ECHO) The death is not currently being treated as suspicious, and a file is being prepared for the coroner.

As previously reported, the air ambulance was believed to have landed on a field just off Hurworth Road in the early afternoon. 

An image taken from the scene showed a police car parked outside of a property.

Hurworth Road, in Croft-on-TeesHurworth Road, in Croft-on-Tees (Image: THE NORTHERN ECHO)

A NEAS spokesperson said: "We received a call at 12.43pm on Saturday 22 February to reports of a person unwell at a private address in Darlington.

"We dispatched two ambulance crews and a specialist paramedic to the scene, and requested support from our colleagues at the Great North Air Ambulance Service."

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