Police reveal why people in hazmat suits were spotted in a South Shields park
Concerns were raised after people in hazmat suits were spotted in South Shields’ Readhead Park.
Northumbria Police have revealed why people wearing hazmat suits were spotted in a South Shields park on Wednesday afternoon (May 6).
A member of the public got in touch with the Shields Gazette after she had spotted the hazmat suits and a cordoned off area of Readhead Park.
The lady also stated that she had seen a man lying on the grass who “may have been harmed or dead”.
Thankfully police confirmed that it was just forensics students from South Tyneside College taking part in a training exercise.