Woman dies at hotel in busy UK city centre as guests told to 'not leave rooms'

Guests at a hotel were told not to leave their rooms following the death of a woman. following the incident on Friday, April 11 in Liverpool city centre.

The “unexplained” death occurred at the Lord Nelson Hotel on Hotham Street . Emergency services attended the scene with a significant police presence. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

There were and vans parked on Lord Nelson Street and Holtham Street. CSI officers clad in white suits could be seen going in an out of the hotel behind a police cordon.

A woman told the ECHO that residents on the top floor of the three-storey building had been told to stay inside. Another man, who lived on the second floor, said he had been told he was not allowed to go back into his room, and had no idea when he would be able to get back inside.

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Merseyside Police said in a statement: “We can confirm that emergency services are currently in Liverpool city centre following the unexplained death of a woman today, Friday 11 April. At around 1.40pm, we received a report that a woman had been found unconscious inside the Lord Nelson Hotel on Hotham Street. Emergency services attended the scene, but she was sadly pronounced deceased.

“An investigation is ongoing to establish the full circumstances of the incident and the cause of her death.” The has approached for further comment.

It comes after a woman woman died suddenly on a flight to Liverpool from Tenerife in late March after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest. Three passengers tried to save the life of the woman on the easyJet flight.

The airline confirmed a passenger "required urgent medical assistance" after the flight bound for Liverpool John Lennon Airport set off from Tenerife at around 6:45pm on Tuesday, March 25. The woman, understood to be 67, was travelling with her husband, according to reports.

The flight was diverted to Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport in northern Spain. Passengers were given overnight accommodation and a flight the following day.

One man said he was one of the three who tried to help the woman. He said: "I was with my wife, daughter and son-in-law when the staff asked for assistance. The staff got an oxygen tank and a defibrillator while myself, a nurse and a physiotherapist took it in turns to perform CPR on the woman.

"We tried our best but she died onboard the plane. When we landed police, paramedics and the CID team came onto the plane before we all got off."