Man dies after medical emergency in Melford Road, Sudbury

A man has died after a medical emergency in a Suffolk town centre.

Emergency services, including an air ambulance, were called to Melford Road in Sudbury at around 4.30pm on Monday.

Police closed the road while paramedics attended to the man, but he was declared dead at the scene.

A spokesperson for the East of England Ambulance Service said: “We were called to a medical emergency on Melford Road in Sudbury just after 4.15pm on Monday 09 May.

"Two ambulances, a senior paramedic and the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance attended the scene. Sadly, despite the best efforts of paramedics, an adult man was pronounced dead at the scene.”