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Evening Standard
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Rebecca Speare-Cole

Teenage girl dies after falling from eighth-floor balcony in south London

A 16-year-old girl has died after falling from an eighth-floor balcony in south London, police have said (Picture: Filipo Ocil)

A 16-year-old girl has died after falling from an eighth-floor balcony in south London, police have said.

Officers were called to Thurston Road, in Lewisham, shortly after 2pm on Easter Sunday following reports that a person had fallen from a height.

London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade attended, as did London's Air Ambulance, which landed in a nearby Sports Direct car park.

However, the girl was pronounced dead at the scene.

The death is being treated as non-suspicious and the victim's next of kin have been informed.

A police cordon remains at the scene while inquiries continue.

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