By Jessica Green For Mailonline
Published: 16:49 GMT, 3 March 2019 | Updated: 19:04 GMT, 3 March 2019
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A 38-year-old man has died after he fell 50 feet from the second floor of the Museum of Liverpool, Merseyside Police said.
Police were called to the busy museum at Mann Island at around 11am today and attempted CPR until paramedics arrived, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
His death is being treated as unexplained at this stage but it is not believed to be suspicious, police said.
The man's next of kin has been informed but formal identification has not yet taken place.
A 38-year-old man has died after he fell 50 feet from the second floor of the Museum of Liverpool (pictured), Merseyside Police said
Museum visitor Josh Land, from Leeds, said he was on the first floor when the incident happened and described looking down and seeing a 'man's body in a pool of blood'.
The engineer, who had come to Liverpool for an overnight stay with his partner Jade, said: 'Staff had put up boards or screens, the ones they use when there is an event on as they said, 'Performers Only.'
'There were people crying who had just seen it happen. We were evacuated and outside there must have been 14 cars and three ambulances.
'It was a really quick reaction. It was quite shocking to see. I've never seen anything like it.'
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