A person died after a cardiac arrest as medics, firefighters and an air ambulance rushed to a street.

The emergency services flooded Daiglen Road in South Ockendon last night just before 8.30pm last night.

Paramedics, an air ambulance and a fire engine were in attendance.

Sadly, one person died at the scene.

A spokesperson from the East of England Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 8.23pm with reports of a person in cardiac arrest in Daiglen Drive, South Ockendon.

"We sent the Hazardous Area Response Team, two ambulances, a community first responder, an ambulance officer and East Anglian Air Ambulance.

"Sadly despite our best efforts one person died at the scene."