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Canary Wharf death: Person has died after falling from a tall building, say reports | Canary Wharf death: Person has died after falling from a tall building, say reports |
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A man has been found dead at a construction site after reportedly falling from a building in London’s Canary Wharf. | |
The emergency services were called to Bank Street after being told a person had fallen from one of the buildings. | |
London Fire Brigade said it received reports the man fell around 50ft. | |
Officers were called to the east London site shortly before 9am on Tuesday and the man was pronounced dead at the scene. | |
The Metropolitan Police said the body was found in a "deep trench" and officers in Tower Hamlets were investigating the "unexplained" death. | |
They do not believe he man worked at the construction site, they said. | |
An London ambulance service spokeswoman said: “We were called at 8.52am to Bank Street, Tower Hamlets to reports of a person fallen from height." | |
She continued: “We sent our hazardous area response team, an incident response officer and an ambulance crew to the scene. Sadly, the patient was dead at the scene.” |