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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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John Dunne

Man dies after 'hit by truck' following plunge from bridge in west London

A man in his 20s has died after he plunged from a bridge and was hit by a lorry in west London, Metropolitan Police said.

The London Ambulance Service (LAS) scrambled to the A40, also known as Western Avenue, in Northolt around 1am on Thursday.

They found a man who was later pronounced dead at the Target roundabout.

An LAS spokesperson said: “We were called today at 12.59am to reports of an incident on Western Avenue, Greenford.

"We sent a number of resources to the scene, including an incident response officer, an ambulance crew, and a medic in a fast-response car. We treated a man at the scene, but sadly, he was later pronounced dead."

An eyewitness told MyLondon they had been driving a truck past the scene and narrowly avoided a man after he fell from a bridge. However he was sadly hit by another lorry.

A Met Police spokesperson said: "Police were called at 00:58hrs on Thursday, 30 November following a collision involving a lorry and a man on the A40 Western Avenue, at the Target roundabout.

"The man, aged in his 20s, is believed to have fallen from height from a bridge beforehand."

There were rush-hour traffic jams from the Target roundabout as accident investigators closed the road to collect evidence.

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