The first pictures have been released of a dad of two who is believed to have suffered a tragic death after becoming trapped under machinery at work.
Tragic Steve Jeffrey, 51, died in a tragic accident at Fleet Place in London on April 20 but his family say they are still waiting on details about what actually happened, reports MyLondon.
His pal Ben Smoker, 41, who met Steve through their sons’ football team, says he was “always smiling, always laughing”.
Ben said: “He was bubbly, and with that he was really thoughtful and really caring. He was always checking on people, if he knew something was going on in your life he would always be the first person to ask you about it. His bubbly kind-hearted nature and caring personality touched so many. He would do anything for anyone and would put them unselfishly before his own needs."
Steve took his son Kai to football games and watched him play and there he met Ben, who coached the team, Ebbsfleet United u19s.
Ben continued: “He always did so much to help there, he would run the line, he would set up the camera - I can’t bare myself to bring it to games anymore.”
He was on holiday in Portugal with his family when he recieved the horrible news about his pal's death.
Ben continued: “His partner Andrea messaged me and said I need to urgently speak to you.
"I walked away from my family and called her and she said to me there’s been a terrible accident. In my head I went oh her son’s broken his leg but then she said it’s Steve, he’s gone … it’s an accident at work, no one’s telling me anything.”
Steve’s family have been left devastated after the sudden accident and say they have yet to receive closure as they remain unaware exactly what happened to him.
Steven’s workplace of 20 years, SAS Ltd, said that it didn’t know what exactly had taken place when he died.
Ben said: “We haven’t been given the details still, no one's contacted the family still. The only information that we’ve got is from the coroner in terms of the cause of death, it was cardiac arrest in terms of impact.
“Some of the reports around it were quite horrific for Andrea … it took SAS a week for them to call Andrea personally and say we’re not allowed to talk to you. Even if they can’t give any information, a bit of decency to put someone’s mind at rest.”
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