Police investigate if man found dead at hotel had been at Creamfields
POLICE are investigating if a man found dead in a Widnes hotel room had been to Creamfields.
They were called shortly before 5.30am on Sunday to a Travelodge on the outskirts of Widnes.
They had been alerted by ambulance staff who found a 22-year-old struggling to breathe.
He was taken to Whiston Hospital but died.
It is believed he may have been to Creamfields in Daresbury the night before.
A police spokesman said: "Cheshire Police have launched an investigation.
"The cause of the man's death is being treated as unexplained including whether it was in any way drug related."
A post mortem examination will now take place. The man's next of kin have been informed.
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