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| Tube fall footballer 'critical' | Tube fall footballer 'critical' |
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| A promising young footballer is in a critical condition after he fell in front of a Tube train that hit and killed a Vietnamese student. | |
| The injured youth was named as Harry Smart, 17, of QPR's youth team. | |
| Student Tu Quang Hoang Vu, 25, died when he was struck by the same Piccadilly Line train on 23 November at Earl's Court. | Student Tu Quang Hoang Vu, 25, died when he was struck by the same Piccadilly Line train on 23 November at Earl's Court. |
| The Kingston University student had come to England to secure a future for himself and his family, relatives said. | The Kingston University student had come to England to secure a future for himself and his family, relatives said. |
| "His loss has left us devastated," they said in a statement, appealing for witnesses to come forward. | "His loss has left us devastated," they said in a statement, appealing for witnesses to come forward. |
| Mr Smart suffered a fractured skull and a punctured artery in the incident which British Transport police are treating as suspicious. | Mr Smart suffered a fractured skull and a punctured artery in the incident which British Transport police are treating as suspicious. |
| He is believed to have been a former team-mate of Kiyan Prince, who was stabbed to death outside his school. | He is believed to have been a former team-mate of Kiyan Prince, who was stabbed to death outside his school. |
| The retrial of a teenage schoolboy accused of murdering the young footballer is due to begin on 11 December | The retrial of a teenage schoolboy accused of murdering the young footballer is due to begin on 11 December |
| Shocked and saddened | Shocked and saddened |
| Three members of the Queens Park Rangers youth football team have been questioned and released on bail after Mr Vu's death. | Three members of the Queens Park Rangers youth football team have been questioned and released on bail after Mr Vu's death. |
| CCTV images have been released of potentially significant witnesses who may have seen the moments leading up to his fall. Mr Vu was pronounced dead at the scene. | CCTV images have been released of potentially significant witnesses who may have seen the moments leading up to his fall. Mr Vu was pronounced dead at the scene. |
| British Transport Police contacted Mr Vu's family in Hanoi to tell them of his death and ask for help in a witness appeal. | British Transport Police contacted Mr Vu's family in Hanoi to tell them of his death and ask for help in a witness appeal. |
| "We are deeply shocked and saddened by the sudden and tragic loss of a much loved son and brother," said a family statement. | "We are deeply shocked and saddened by the sudden and tragic loss of a much loved son and brother," said a family statement. |
| He was a postgraduate student studying a year-long master of architecture course. | He was a postgraduate student studying a year-long master of architecture course. |
| The university will shortly be honouring his memory by planting a tree at its Knights Park campus. | The university will shortly be honouring his memory by planting a tree at its Knights Park campus. |