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The TalkRadio host was hosting his radio show when he was called by a man called “Chris”, on Wednesday night. It transpired Chris was feeling suicidal and had attempted to take his own life.

Iain Lee, who has been open about his own battle with mental health issues, kept caller Chris on the phone and was able to save his life by alerting the emergency services to the unfolding situation.

Chris told the presenter he had taken a deadly overdose and was dying in the middle of the street.

Iain took to Twitter after his show to tell his 92,000 followers about the phone call. He said: “Tonight we took a call from a man who had taken an overdose. He was lying in a street in Plymouth, dying. We managed to keep him online, get a description of what he looked like and was wearing, work out where he was and send an ambulance and police to him.