By Elmira Tanatarova For Mailonline

Published: 17:17 BST, 1 January 2022 | Updated: 17:54 BST, 1 January 2022

A man in his 20s has died after falling from an apartment building in Liverpool on the morning of New Year's Day.

An air ambulance attended to the scene, where the man was pronounced dead a short while after 9.20am. 

Merseyside Police is working on identifying a next of kin and has said his death is being treated as 'unexplained'. 

A man in his 20s has died after falling from an apartment building in Liverpool earlier today

Paramedics and police were called to Fox Street, Everton near the L3 Living @ Fox Street Studios apartments, with forensic officers also present.

A police cordon was set up near the apartments.  

A spokesperson from the force said: 'We can confirm emergency services attended Fox Street, Liverpool on Saturday (January 1) following a report a man had fallen from apartments.

'Officers received a report from the North West Ambulance Service at around 9.20am that a man in his 20s had fallen.

Merseyside Police is working on identifying a next of kin and has said his death is being treated as 'unexplained'. A police cordon was set up near the apartments

'He was sadly pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.

'His death is being treated as unexplained and officers are working to identify his next of kin.

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