A woman has died after falling ill outside a supermarket in Woolwich.
Emergency services were called to Calderwood Street at 2.30pm today, Friday 13 November, after reports of a person unwell. A pathway near the Sainsbury’s Superstore was cordoned off while medics treated the woman, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Sainsbury’s Superstore on Calderwood Street is a large supermarket serving the town centre and the surrounding streets.
Calderwood Street runs through the heart of Woolwich, SE18, past the Sainsbury’s Superstore and close to the town’s main shopping streets.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 2.30pm today (November 13) to reports of a person unwell on Calderwood Street, SE18. We sent an ambulance crew, paramedics in fast response cars, incident response officers and an advanced paramedic. Very sadly, despite the best efforts of our crews, a person was pronounced dead at the scene.”
The cordon remained in place while crews worked at the scene, and the pathway by the supermarket was closed to the public.
The woman has not been named, and no details have been given about the cause of the medical emergency. The incident is being treated as a medical emergency, and no crime has been alleged.
Sudden deaths in public have been reported elsewhere in London this week. A 49-year-old man was found dead in a street in Chislehurst, and a person died after an incident on the track at Hampstead station.
