A teenage boy has been found dead at a home on the high street of an Oxfordshire town.

Emergency services were called to a house on Witney High Street yesterday (August 10) at around 6.30am, where the boy was found dead at the scene.

An eyewitness told the Oxford Mail there were five police cars, ambulances and a coroner on the road at the time.

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The death is being treated as unexplained with officers saying "at this stage there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances".

A spokesperson for Thames Valley Police, said: “Officers were called to a residence in High Street Witney, at around 6.30am on Thursday (August 10).

"Sadly a teenage boy was found deceased. His next of kin have been informed and our thoughts are with them.

"The boy’s death is being treated as unexplained and at this stage there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances, and a file will be prepared for the coroner.”