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    Woman killed by falling window in London's Mayfair
    BBC report



    The accident happened in Hanover Street, Mayfair

    A woman has died after being crushed when two window frames fell from a building in central London.
    It is understood she was hit by the wooden frames of a ground-floor window in Hanover Street, Mayfair.
    A witness told BBC London the woman was eating her lunch when she was struck on her chest.
    London Ambulance and police were called at 11:30 BST. The woman, believed to be in her 20s, was treated at the scene but was pronounced dead by paramedics.
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    Her eyes were open and I saw her hand move and then I think I saw her last breath and then the light went out, she'd gone”
    Eyewitness

    The building, 5 Hanover Square, is a multimillion-pound development comprising six floors of office space. The ground floor is in the process of being turned into an art gallery.
    Scaffolding was removed from the outside of the building a few weeks ago.
    Orla Wojtowitz said it "happened in a second".
    "She was just passing and then she was suddenly lying on the pavement," she said.
    Another witness, who did not want to be identified, said the victim saw the frame beginning to fall but could not move out of the way in time.
    A delivery driver who made the 999 call following the incident said he and 10 other people helped to lift the concrete frame off the woman which had "flattened" her.
    The man, who did not want to be named, said: "I heard this incredible loud bang, the guy next to me said 'what the hell is that?', pointing.
    "I turned round and the frame was on the ground and I was hoping it was a coat underneath, but then I saw an arm.
    "I realised it was a person underneath so I phoned 999. The operator asked me to go closer to the victim so I got off the back of my wagon and went over.
    The window frame fell on the woman as she walked past the building, eyewitnesses said
    "Her eyes were open and I saw her hand move and then I think I saw her last breath and then the light went out, she'd gone."
    He said ambulance crews arrived about a minute or two later.
    "She was in exactly the wrong place at the wrong time."
    Beverley Hazel, another witness, said she was on her way to work in nearby Conduit Street at 11:30 BST when she saw a young woman "half lying in the road".
    "A man was saying to her 'can you hear me?' but I don't think there was any response. It had just happened," she said.
    "Then there was a lady who said she was a doctor. She got on with doing CPR and I counted three minutes for her."
    'I was in bits'Mrs Hazel, who lives in Kennington Oval, south London, said she believed the victim was hit by two "massive" wooden window frames, measuring about 10ft by 10ft (3m).
    "She was very young and slight. I've got two daughters, one younger and one older than this woman. I was in bits.
    "If it had been my daughter I would have wanted someone with her.
    "I went back later to lay some flowers."
    Golam Mortuza, who works in the nearby Eat sandwich chain, was on his break when the incident happened. He said paramedics tried to revive the woman for 30 minutes.
    "Life is so difficult. She was walking around and then this happened. It could have happened to anyone."
    The Health and Safety Executive is aware of the incident, police said.
    London Ambulance said it sent two cycle responders, two ambulance crews and a hazardous area response team and an air ambulance to the scene.
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    Fatal giant window frame was propped up against wall

    Grant Prior




    The half-tonne window frame which crushed a passing lawyer to death was propped up against a wall before it fell.
    Amanda Telfer, 44, died at the scene after 13ft x 13ft frame of a ground-floor window fell on her in west London last week.
    An inquest at Westminster Coroner’s Court today heard the frame which struck her had been propped up against a wall.
    The BBC reported that the inquest heard that people lifted the frame off Telfer and members of the public and paramedics tried to resuscitate her but she was pronounced dead at the scene 30 minutes later.
    Coroner Dr Fiona Wilcox opened and adjourned the inquest as investigations by the Metropolitan Police and Health And Safety Executive continue.
    The frame fell from 5 Hanover Square where the ground floor is in being turned into an art gallery with fit-out work being carried-out by Westgreen Construction.
    A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as blunt force trauma.

    BBC Report

    Amanda Telfer death: Window frame was 'propped up'

    Amanda Telfer was walking past the building when the frame fell on her
    A half-tonne window frame which crushed a lawyer in central London was propped up against a wall, an inquest heard.
    Amanda Telfer, 44, died at the scene after a wooden frame of a ground-floor window in Hanover Street, Mayfair, fell on her last Thursday.
    Westminster Coroner's Court heard the 13ft (4m) by 13ft frame which struck her had been propped up against a wall.
    In a statement, her family said: "To us Amanda was, is and will always be a wonderful and special person."
    They added that their only consolation was "she was so happy on the day she was taken from this world".
    "What happened is all very painful, and yet seems unreal," they added.
    The inquest heard that people lifted the frame off Ms Telfer, of Mill Street, Southwark, south London, before help arrived.
    Members of the public and paramedics tried to resuscitate her but she was pronounced dead at the scene 30 minutes later.
    Coroner Dr Fiona Wilcox opened and adjourned the inquest as investigations by the Metropolitan Police and Health And Safety Executive continue.
    No-one from Ms Telfer's family was present at the inquest.
    'Extremely talented lawyer'The building from which the window frame fell, 5 Hanover Square, is a multimillion-pound development comprising six floors of office space.
    The ground floor is in the process of being turned into an art gallery and scaffolding had been removed from the outside of the building a few weeks ago, people in the area told the BBC following the incident.
    The half-tonne window frame was propped against a wall, the inquest heard
    A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as blunt force trauma.
    Ms Telfer had worked at Keystone Law since 2005, the offices of which are located yards from where she died.
    She specialised in libel, defamation and privacy law and was described as "extremely talented" by the firm.
    She had also volunteered as an investigator for the charity Reprieve, which supports death row prisoners and inmates at Guantanamo Bay, and previously worked for publisher Random House for more than six years.

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    • #3
      I have read this on BBC website. What a loss for the Amanda's death. This is why safety should be always checked before executing such hazard work.

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      • #4
        It is really a terrible thing.Sorry to hear that.The safty should be in the first thing we consider.Anywhere,anytime.
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        • #5
          It always makes me sad when I hear of these types of safety hazards causing death, the girl had her whole life in front of her...sad!
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          • #6
            Oh My god, this is tragic. Such a shame when someone dies unnecessarily.
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