OFFICERS from the Police Complaints Authority have launched an investigation after a man collapsed in police custody and later died.
Police were called to an incident in West Lane, Forest Hall, Newcastle, at 1.30am yesterday. They arrested a 42-year-old man and took him to Wallsend police station.
Shortly after his arrival, he collapsed. Paramedics took the man, who has not been named, to Rake Lane Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A spokeswoman for Northumbria Police said: "Officers from Professional Standards are investigating the circumstances of his death.
"The matter has been voluntarily referred to the Police Complaints Authority, who have agreed to supervise the case."
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