Man 'exposed to chemical' dies on street after collapsing by work van

The victim, who has not yet been identified, was recovered deceased astatine a spot successful Billinge, St Helens conscionable aft occurrence crews were called to analyse a chemic spill conscionable aft 10am this morning

A antheral has died aft being exposed to a suspected chemic spill in St Helens.

The unfortunate was recovered dormant astatine the country of an incident being investigated by exigency services successful Billinge, St Helens earlier today. A ample emegency responde, including constabulary cars, occurrence engines and an aerial ambulance were connected tract aft the alarm was raised astatine astir 10.17am.

A section nonmigratory witnessed seeing a antheral receiving CPR adjacent to a works van connected the thoroughfare soon earlier being airlifted to hospital, according to the ECHO. Officers clad successful hazmat suits, who were from the Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) - which provides enactment connected chemic incidents, hazardous materials and confined spaces - were portion of the response.

The man, who did not privation to beryllium named, told the ECHO aboriginal this afternoon: “At astir 10.15 am, we were coming down determination from the East Lancs Road. They were giving CPR to a man. There were astir 4 oregon 5 of their (HART) vans. They beryllium their kit retired connected the road. There were astir 4 oregon 5 detectives too.

“Everyone is retired connected the street. There’s tons of dense sirens and lights going around. Pretty overmuch the full thoroughfare is closed from apical to bottom. The aerial ambulance got present conscionable earlier 9.45am I deliberation and took disconnected astatine 11.41am. Once the aerial ambulance had lifted, it did dial backmost but it’s an ongoing incident.”

A spokesperson for Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said occurrence fighters helped paramedics from the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) astatine the scene, involving 1 casualty affected by vulnerability to Xylene astatine a semi-detached ceramic built property. Xylene has assorted uses, including arsenic a cleaning cause and a thinner for overgarment and varnishes.

Short-term vulnerability tin irritate your eyes, noses and throats and impact your brain. Long-term vulnerability tin pb to headaches, dizziness and bosom problems.

The man, successful his 50s, was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. Another idiosyncratic that was astatine the spot was besides examined by NWAS. It was recovered that the idiosyncratic had not been exposed.

A multi-agency gathering took spot and a program was created to analyse a works van extracurricular the premises for imaginable chemic spill. The van was examined and deemed harmless soon after. Crews made up their equipment, earlier completing an outer handover with Merseyside Police, past near the country astatine 12.45.

A spokesperson for Merseyside Police said: “We tin corroborate that exigency services attended a study of interest for the information of a antheral successful Billinge this greeting (Saturday 28 September).

“At astir 10.20am, officers were called to Douglas Avenue to reports that a antheral successful his 50s had suffered a cardiac arrest. Paramedics attended and helium was sadly pronounced deceased astatine the scene. The man’s decease is not being treated arsenic suspicious and his adjacent of kin person been informed.”