Negotiators called in as ‘man in distress’ locked in house refuses to …
Police, firefighters and paramedics have flooded a Stoke-on-Trent street as a 'man in distress' remains locked in a Stoke-on-Trent property - and is refusing to come out. Staffordshire Police[1] officers armed with shields - and some emergency service workers carrying what appears to be climbing gear - are currently in Nash Peak Street, Tunstall[2].
West Midlands Ambulance Service's[3] Hazardous Area Response Team has also been scrambled to the scene, along with Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service[4]. The road is taped off, with several police and ambulance service vehicles parked up.
A Staffordshire Police spokesperson said specialist negotiators were speaking to the man in a bid to get him out of the terraced house safely. The alarm was raised at around 10am - and officers have now been at the scene more than six hours today, September 28.
The spokesperson said: "We are currently at the scene of an ongoing incident at a property on Nash Peake Street in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. We were called to the address shortly after 10am this morning (28 September) following reports of a man in distress.
Officers at the scene. (Image: Pete Stonier)
"The man has refused to leave the address. Specially trained negotiators are currently at the scene alongside colleagues from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service."
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We are currently at the scene of an incident at a private address on Nash Peake Street in Tunstall, Stoke on Trent following a call from police at around 2.20pm. A paramedic officer and the Trust’s Hazardous Area Response Team are currently in attendance."
One eye-witness said this morning: "There are police everywhere. There is an ongoing incident. There have been five police cars and a police van."
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References
- ^ Staffordshire Police (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ Nash Peak Street, Tunstall (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ West Midlands Ambulance Service's (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ Police armed with shields as Stoke-on-Trent street taped off (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ Coked-up takeaway driver mows down dad, 32, and leaves him for dead on City Road (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
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