Student dies after she falls 20ft from warehouse roof in ‘drunken prank gone wrong’

  • Family informed about the 22-year-old’s tragic death after paramedics were unable to save her
  • Grieving friends have left a University of Bath cheerleading vest and floral tributes nearby

By
Lawrence Conway

13:49 EST, 6 May 2012

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13:49 EST, 6 May 2012

A YOUNG woman plunged 20ft to her death through a warehouse roof in what is believed to have been a ‘drunken prank gone wrong’.

Yesterday tributes including a University of Bath cheerleading vest were left to the 22-year-old who was found dead close to a popular student pub.

Emergency services were called at around 4am on Saturday to the Travis Perkins builders’ merchant warehouse in Bath, Somerset, but were unable to save her.

Tragic: Tributes, including a sports top with 'Bath' on it, left on Midland Bridge Road, Bath, near where an unnamed young woman plunged to her death through a warehouse roof

Tragic: Tributes, including a sports top with ‘Bath’ on it, left on Midland Bridge Road, Bath, near where an unnamed young woman plunged to her death through a warehouse roof

A police helicopter was involved in the investigation but it is not thought she had been fleeing officers at the time.

Her death is being treated as a tragic accident and relatives have been informed.

As police investigated how she had come to be on the roof, grieving friends left the sports top nearby along with floral tributes.

The warehouse is located on Lower Bristol Road next to the River Avon and not far from popular student pub The Green Park Tavern.

Death: The Travis Perkins in Bath where the young woman's body was found

Death: The Travis Perkins in Bath where the young woman’s body was found

Peril: The warehouse roof thought to be part of the same Travis Perkins building where the young woman plunged to her death

Peril: The warehouse roof thought to be part of the same Travis Perkins building where the young woman plunged to her death

A local resident, Terry Norris, 46, said the death could have been the result of a drunken prank.

He said: ‘Lots of students drink at The Green Park Tavern, so perhaps the girl was making her way back into town when the accident happened.’

Ambulance and fire crews responded to the emergency call after the 22-year-old – who hasn’t been named – was found on the concrete floor.

Tragically, however, the injuries she suffered in the fall were too severe.

Plunge: A view across the River Avon in Bath towards warehousing thought to be part of the same building where a young woman plunged to her death

Plunge: A view across the River Avon in Bath towards warehousing thought to be part of the same building where a young woman plunged to her death

The yard is normally open on Saturday mornings, but following the woman’s death a sign informed customers that it was closed due to unforeseen circumstances.

Yesterday the Travis Perkins yard was closed and secured by barbed wire with no warning signs visible.

A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said: ‘A 22-year-old female was found having fallen around 20ft onto a concrete floor through a roof.

‘Attempts were made to resuscitate her but they were unsuccessful and she sadly died at the scene.

‘We are not treating the death as suspicious and the next of kin have been informed.’

Poignant: Locals walk past tributes left to the unnamed University of Bath student who plunged to he death through a warehouse roof

Poignant: Locals walk past tributes left to the unnamed University of Bath student who plunged to he death through a warehouse roof

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Wish I had a university education !!! They turn out such inteligent people !!!!!!What was she doing on the roof ???? Who will have to pay for the repairs ???? Ah……………. students……!!!!!! Don’t you just love them ???

Did she fall into a north face bag that locked itself shut?

I guess the same “lets seal off all balconies” brigade will read this and determine that the roofs in the UK are too high and all must be lowered.

Very sad rip poor girl x

It kind of suggests that the common denominator with young people and falls is not Magaluf but alcohol…

Yes, that does indeed appear to be a cheerleading vest, very well spotted DM. Now how about you hold your coverage until you actually have something to write.

Having known this incredible lady, the way this tragic event is portrayed is atrocious. Can we not just be left alone to grieve? RIP

Such a waste! “RIP”

Looks like an asbestos roof to me. Many have died falling through these as they are quite brittle. You have to know how to walk across them. Very sad for her family.

Please can we wait for the truth to come out before the DM and the rest of us jump to any conclusions.And let the family grieve before any character assassinations..

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