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Family 'devastated' by bus death | |
(about 6 hours later) | |
The aunt of a man killed when he was dragged under the wheels of a bendy bus for more than a mile has spoken about the family's devastation. | |
Christine Harwood, 54, said the parents of 21-year-old Lee Beckwith were "beside themselves" and his mother had not spoken to anyone since. | |
Mr Beckwith, of Brentwood, Essex, was trapped beneath the bus in Ilford, east London, in the early hours of Tuesday. | |
The driver of the bus, aged in his 50s, was arrested and bailed until January. | |
Mobile phone | |
An examination of the number 25 bus, operated by East London Buses, was due to be carried out and CCTV from the bus will be studied. | |
It is understood Mr Beckwith and a friend had travelled from Whitechapel to Ilford after working late. | |
Soon after getting off the bus in Ilford High Road, at about 0500 BST, they thought they had left a mobile phone on board. | |
We just cannot understand how this has happened. How can he have been dragged for a mile? That is what we just cannot believe Christine Harwood | |
The victim's friend tried to stop an oncoming number 25 bus as they were near the route terminus and thought it was the same vehicle they had travelled on, police said. | |
"At some point the victim then fell beneath the wheels, our enquiries continue into exactly how this happened," a police statement said. | |
Mr Beckwith's body was spotted by a passer-by more than a mile away in Romford Road. | |
His aunt Ms Harwood said: "The family are devastated by it, his mum, she is talking to nobody. | |
"Lee was her soulmate, he was a good lad. Everyone who knew him liked him and he was a hard worker. | |
"We just cannot understand how this has happened. How can he have been dragged for a mile? That is what we just cannot believe." | |
Mr Beckwith was a tiler and lived with his partner, who is expecting their first child. |
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