Canary Wharf death: Person dies after falling from a building into a 'deep trench'

The emergency services were called to Canary Wharf after being told a person had fallen from one of the buildings Getty

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 the 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.”