A man has died after suffering a ‘medical episode’ at a graveyard in north east England yesterday.

Emergency services rushed to Tudhoe Cemetery near Spennymoor in County Durham following reports of concern for a male yesterday afternoon.

However, despite their best efforts, medics pronounced him dead at the scene shortly after 2pm.

Police are not treating his death as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner, a Durham Constabulary spokesperson said.

An inquest will be held to establish the circumstances surrounding the man’s death.

Emergency services rushed to Tudhoe Cemetery near Spennymoor in County Durham following reports of concern for a male yesterday afternoon. Despite their best efforts, medics pronounced him dead at the scene shortly after 2pm. Pictured: Tudhoe Cemetery

A spokesperson for Durham Constabulary spokesperson said: ‘Police were called shortly after 2.10pm following reports of a man suffering a medical episode at Tudhoe Cemetery, near Spennymoor. 

‘Paramedics also attended, but sadly the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

‘His death is not being treated as suspicious, and a file will be prepared for the coroner.’

A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson added: ‘We were called by Durham Police at 2.11pm to assist with a patient in the cemetery on York Hill Road in Spennymoor.

‘We dispatched two paramedic crews, a clinical team leader and specialist paramedic.’

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