16-year-old girl dies after falling from balcony in south east London
Police officers were called to the scene in Lewisham shortly after 2pm on Sunday.
Sunday 12 April 2020 17:36, UK
A 16-year-old girl has died on Easter Sunday after falling from a balcony in south east London.
Officers were called to the scene at 2.12pm to reports of a woman falling from a height in Lewisham.
The Metropolitan Police, London Ambulance Service, London Fire Brigade and London's Air Ambulance all went to the location in Thurston Road.
She was pronounced dead at the scene just over an hour later at 3.26pm.
Police said the girl had fallen from the balcony of a residential property.
A spokeswoman for Scotland Yard said: "The death is being treated as non-suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner."