A man has died on a building site in London – and the incident prompted a large scale emergency response.

Emergency services rushed to High Street Kensington shortly before 12.30pm today.

At least nine ambulance vehicles lined the street near the site as paramedics tried to save him.

But the man, believed to be in his 30s, was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

Met Police confirmed the man died after officers were called to reports of a person who was unresponsive.

His death is not being treated as suspicious and efforts to inform the next of kin are ongoing. 

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‘We sent numerous resources to the scene, including three ambulance crews, medics in two fast response cars, an incident response officer, an advanced paramedic and members of our hazardous area response team (HART).

‘Our first medics arrived in less than three minutes.

‘Sadly, despite the best efforts of our crews, a patient was pronounced dead at the scene.’

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