POLICE have confirmed an 18-year-old has died in hospital after being found with a head injury.

The update follows reports of a young man being found with a head injury in the early hours of Sunday, July 31, on Wigton Road in Carlisle.

The Carlisle teenager's death is currently unexplained and a Home Office post-mortem will take place as part of enquiries to work out the circumstances.

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