Man pronounced dead on Castleford street

A man has died after suffering a medical episode in Castleford this morning.
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A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police confirmed they had been called at 7.46am by the ambulance service to reports that a man was having a suspected medical episode.

Officers attended the scene, on Nidd Drive, off Stansfield Road, where the man was pronounced dead.

Police are not treating the death as suspicious.

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A man has died after suffering a medical episode in Castleford this morning. Photo: Google MapsA man has died after suffering a medical episode in Castleford this morning. Photo: Google Maps
A man has died after suffering a medical episode in Castleford this morning. Photo: Google Maps

A police spokesperson said: "At 7.46 this morning police were called by the ambulance service to Nidd Drive in Castleford to reports a man was having a suspected medical episode.

"The man was pronounced dead a short while later.

"The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner."