Police confirm that man died 'at the scene' after fall from height at Pavilion Square in Scarborough

Emergency services were called at around 10.45pm on Thursday November 4 to the incident on Valley Bridge Road, opposite Scarborough Railway Station.

North Yorkshire Police said they were called to reports of a confrontation between two men at a property on Pavilion Square.

As police attempted to engage with the man, aged in his 40s, he is believed to have fallen from a window at the property.

Officers provided medical care while waiting for paramedics to arrive. However, the man was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

Incidents involving any serious injury or death where there has been contact with the police must be referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, who investigate the most serious and sensitive incidents.

A North Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: "We will work closely with the IOPC and ask anyone with information about the incident to contact North Yorkshire Police by calling 101."