MAN KILLED BY FALLING PANE OF GLASS ‘Blood was everywhere’

A MAN died after he was hit by a window that plummeted from the 27th floor of a luxury block of flats in London.

Scotland Yard said a man was pronounced dead at the scene in Albert Embankment after they were called at 10.40am yesterday.

Scrap metal dealer Paddy Riley said he was driving past shortly after the incident when he saw the victim laying on his back, and the pane of glass had taken “half his head away”.

“There was lots of blood everywhere and other stuff – it was very, very distressing,” the 59-year-old said.

“There was a lot of labourers standing looking and pointing up at the window and down at him but no-one was going near him.”

Describing the victim as middle-aged, he said at first he thought someone had fallen, but realised they would not have been blown that far. LUXURY: Window fell 27 floors from The Corniche ( onto male victim

He said a gust of wind must have caught the pane and blown it towards the base of Embankment Park Plaza where the victim was killed.

It’s believed the victim was a coach driver who had been to use the toilet in a nearby building.

The body, lying in the road outside the property and covered by a sheet, was yesterday surrounded by wooden pallets and a huge amount of blood, as emergency services surveyed the scene.

Property developer St James last night said it was investigating the incident at The Corniche, which is listed as an “exclusive riverside address” made up of 252 two, three, and four-bedroom apartments.

Designed by Foster + Partners, it is the same company responsible for the Gherkin, and properties are priced between £2.7m and £6.25m.