Emergency services responded to concerns for the welfare of a woman in her 40s at a flat in Lake Drive, Peacehaven, early Wednesday morning. Sussex Police, along with medics from South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECamb) and the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance (KSS Air Ambulance), which landed nearby, attended the scene.

Despite their best efforts to administer CPR, the woman could not be saved. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

A spokesperson for Sussex Police said: “Police were called following concerns for the welfare of a woman in her 40s at a flat in Lake Drive, Peacehaven, in the early hours of Wednesday, July 31. Despite the best efforts of paramedics who commenced CPR, the woman was sadly declared deceased.

“There are no suspicious circumstances and this will now be a coronial matter.”