AN investigation is under way after an 18-year-old woman died following a night out at a music venue in Bournemouth.

Police were called to the 02 Academy in Christchurch Road at 4.26am on Sunday following a report from the ambulance service.

An 18-year-old woman from the Thames Valley area had suffered a cardiac arrest.

She was taken to Royal Bournemouth Hospital but died later.

Dorset police officers are currently treating the death as unexplained.

Next of kin have been informed and the coroner notified, said a police spokesman.