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Boy, six, dies after plunging from 15th floor of tower block

Evening Standard

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May 16, 2024

A BOY aged six died this morning after plunging more than 150ft from a tower block in east London.

- John Dunne and Anthony France

Boy, six, dies after plunging from 15th floor of tower block

The child fell out of a window on the 15th floor of Jacobs House on New City Road, Plaistow shortly before 6am.

Police, paramedics and an air ambulance arrived at the scene in Newham but the boy died from his injuries.

Distraught residents of the 16-storey building demanded answers into how the plunge happened.

A mother-of-two, 28, said: "We are in utter shock. We know the family. The parents are at the hospital.

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