Child dies after being found near the White Cliffs of Dover

A child has died after emergency services were rushed to the White Cliffs of Dover in Kent.

They were called over to an area near Swingate – between Dover and St Margaret’s Bay – after the alarm was raised yesterday evening.

The child was taken to a nearby hospital where they were pronounced dead. No further details about how the child died have been released by Kent Police.

HM Coastguard said it was searching for a child reported missing from Langdon Battery near Dover after receiving a call at around 5.50pm.

The child was found and then airlifted by the helicopter and handed into the care of the ambulance service.

A spokesman for Kent Police said the force was called to the scene along with HM Coastguard and South East Coast Ambulance Service.

He said: ‘A child was taken to a local hospital, where they were pronounced deceased. The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be prepared for the coroner.’

Metro.co.uk has contacted the ambulance service for further details.

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