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16.06.2023 - 02:00 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A man who died in Manchester city centre tragically died following a fall, the M.E.N. understands.
Emergency crews descended on Whitworth Street West and Albion Street at around 6pm on Wednesday to reports of a man, aged 20, lying in the street with serious injuries. He was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
Ambulance crews attempted CPR, one witness said, as multiple roads in the city centre were closed last night.
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The Manchester Evening News has learned that police are treating the incident as a fall from height. It follows a spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police saying last night that they had been called to reports of a 20-year-old man ‘with serious life-threatening injuries outside of a premises on Whitworth Street West in Manchester’.
"Colleagues from NWAS also attended and sadly pronounced the man deceased. Road closures at the junction of Albion Street and Deansgate Locks are in place while investigations are ongoing," they added.
Witnesses said the events were ‘horrible’ and ‘strange’.
"I was passing the incident just after it happened and police were closing the road,” one witness said. “The person was getting CPR. It looked like a horrible incident."
Another added: "The air ambulance went low over my flat, I thought it was strange, and landed near the Owen St Towers."
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