Teenager found stuck in gate dies

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A teenager has died after apparently becoming accidentally trapped in a large gate in Essex.

Police and ambulance staff were called after the 19-year-old was found stuck in the gate in St Johns Road, Colchester on Sunday night.

Essex Police said he was taken to Colchester General Hospital but has since died from his injuries.

A police spokesman said detectives were working to find out how the teenager, from Colchester, became trapped.

She said the death was not being treated as suspicious.