Two adults and a child die after fall from London high-rise building

A man, a woman and a child have died after falling from a high-rise block of flats in south London, the Metropolitan Police said.Scotland Yard said officers were called at 7.29am on Wednesday to reports that people had fallen from a height in Elephant and Castle.The three people had died at the scene despite attempts to resuscitate them and the deaths were being treated as “unexpected”, the force said.A London-ambulance-service" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="17492" data-entity-type="organization">London Ambulance Service spokesperson said:“We sent a number of resources to the scene, including ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast-response car, an incident response officer and paramedics from our hazardous area response team (HART). We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London’s air ambulance.“Our first paramedic arrived in around four minutes. Very sadly, despite the best efforts of our crews, three people were pronounced dead at the scene.”