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Jacob Phillips

Police appeal as woman, 78, dies after collapsing on bus in Finchley

The incident took place on a bus in Finchley Road - (Google Street View)

Police are searching for witnesses after an elderly woman died a week after collapsing on a bus in Finchley.

A 78-year-old woman had just got on the bus before she was taken ill after suffering a cardiac arrest on board a route 13 bus at Finchley Road at around 12.35pm on Saturday, December 28.

Officers and London Ambulance Service attended and the woman was taken to hospital. She died in hospital on Saturday.The woman’s family are being supported by a specially trained officer.

Meanwhile, officers are investigating the circumstances that led to the woman’s death.

The driver of the bus is assisting police with enquiries and there has been no arrest.

Anyone who was on board the bus at the time of the incident but left before the police arrived who could assist officers is asked to call 101 or ‘X’ @MetCC and quote CAD2686/28Dec.

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