PARAMEDICS and off duty police fought to resuscitate an elderly woman who collapsed in Victoria Street at lunchtime today.

The incident happened outside Wellington police station at around 1pm.

Police administered initial cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the scene before paramedics from the Devon Air Ambulance landed minutes later on Roly Poly Green, 200 yards away.

The woman, who has not been named, died at the scene.