Rotherham 'murder': Woman dies 'after going into cardiac arrest while being robbed'

A woman in her thirties has died in hospital following a cardiac arrest after she was reportedly robbed while walking through an underpass in Rotherham on Wednesday night

A woman had died after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest while allegedly being robbed.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and robbery following the incident in Rotherham.

At around 7.55pm on Wednesday evening emergency services were called to the underpass. 

There the found the woman in cardiac arrest.

She was taken to hospital but sadly died.

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Formal identification is yet to take place and a forensic post-mortem will take place over the coming days.

South Yorkshire police are treating the death as suspicious.

A 59-year-old Rotherham man has been arrested and is currently in police custody.A cordon is in place around the underpass and is expected to remain there for most of today, to allow officers to carry out their enquiries.

Anyone with information is asked to call 101 quoting incident number 775 of 5 February 2020.

You can also submit information anonymously to independent charity Crimestoppers via their website, www.crimestoppers-uk.org, or by calling their UK Contact Centre on 0800 555 11