- A person died on Friday after falling from the Tate Trendy artwork gallery in London, a preferred vacationer spot.
- Metropolitan Police and ambulance crews responded to the incident, however the man was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
- Tate Trendy introduced the closure of the gallery for the rest of the day as a gesture of respect.
A person died Friday after falling from the Tate Trendy artwork gallery, one of London’s busiest vacationer points of interest, police mentioned.
The Metropolitan Police force mentioned officers and ambulance crews had been known as to the gallery at about 10:45 a.m. A person, who has not been recognized, was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
Police mentioned the loss of life was being handled as “unexpected” however not suspicious.
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Tate Trendy mentioned it could stay closed for the remainder of the day “as a mark of respect.”
The Tate Trendy artwork gallery is seen in south London on Feb. 2, 2024. A person died on Friday after falling from the gallery, police say. (Yui Mok/PA through AP)
“All our thoughts are with the person’s family and friends at this time,” the gallery mentioned in a press release.
Set in a former energy station on the south financial institution of the River Thames, the gallery sees greater than 5 million guests a yr.
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In 2019, a 6-year-old French boy suffered extreme and life-changing accidents after being thrown from the open-air Tenth-floor viewing platform on the gallery. An 18-year-old man, who didn’t know the boy, pleaded responsible to attempted murder and was sentenced to at the least 15 years in jail.
