Results tagged “death”

A Transport for London employee fell to his death from sixth floor of the company's Greenwich offices.

Senior manager Jack Shentob, 53, plunged from the top of the building into the foyer in front of colleagues on their lunch break on Friday (November 4).

A jogger collapsed and died in a Canary Wharf road in front of horrified onlookers.

The unnamed man, aged 41, was jogging through Westferry Circus at around 1pm last Thursday when he collapsed. The London Ambulance Service was called but despite their efforts to adminster CPR, aided by security staff from Canary Wharf Group, the man could not be saved and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police have appealed for help to identify a woman whose body was recovered from the River Thames in June.

The woman was pulled from the river near Narrow Street at 1.30pm on June 22. She is described as between 20-40 years old, 5ft 5ins tall, of slim build and with dark hair.

The 19-year-old who was killed when he fell from the Woolwich ferry on to the propellor early this morning has been named as Ben Woollacott.

A 19-year-old man died this morning after falling from the Woolwich Ferry.

The man, believed to be a ferry worker, was pulled from the River Thames by the coast guard just after 6am.

Investigations are continuing to find out what caused the death of a crane driver at the Olympic Village on Tuesday afternoon.

The Health and Safety Executive was due to arrive at the site to help police look into the incident involving the man believed to be in his 60s.

A man was killed after being hit by a DLR train at Custom House station last Friday evening.

The man, who has not been named but is believed to be 42-years-old and from Sutton Coldfield, was hit by the train at around 9.30pm. Emergency services were called and the man was taken to hospital, where he later died of his injuries.

A pedestrian who needed the assistance of the air ambulance when she was injured by a bus at Westferry Circus last week has died.

Shan Shan Guo, 27, from Poplar, died last Sunday from head injuries sustained in the accident on October 17.

The man who persuaded Michael Jackson to return to the stage has paid tribute to the singer.

Randy Phillips, chief executive of AEG Live, who were promoting Jackson's This Is It tour at The O2, spoke of his sadness at the shock death of the 50-year-old music icon.

Ticketholders for Michael Jackson's shows at The O2 are being advised to wait for details of how to claim refunds.

The death of the King of Pop yesterday stunned the world, less than three weeks before he was due to make his long-awaited comeback in London.

A YOUNG Poplar woman was among the friends who died when their car veered off the A12 and hit a tree.

Ashley Plumber, 20, was pronounced dead at the scene following the incident on Sunday (January 18). Fellow passengers Nathalie Mithsud, 21, and Terry Pluck, 23 - who both lived in Bow - were also killed. Two other occupants of the vehicle are in hospital.

THE parents of a seven-year-old girl who died after an incident at a leisure centre are angry about the way the investigation into her death is being handled.

Michelle Gellard, of Seyssel Street on the Isle of Dogs, died in June shortly after she was pulled from the swimming pool at Blackwater Leisure Centre in Maldon, Essex.

AN ELDERLY woman has been stabbed to death in a house in the Isle of Dogs.

The 70-year-old was found dead at an address in Byng Street late on Tuesday night. Four people have since been arrested in connection with the attack.

Police officers and London Ambulance Service crews flocked to the scene at 10.30pm, but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

Three men and one woman are being held in custody at separate East London and City of London police stations.