Student, 18, dies after slipping and falling from third floor staircase in Manchester university halls tragedy
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA ‘funny and outgoing’ freshers student died after falling from the third floor of his university halls, an inquest heard. William King, 18, slipped and fell from a bannister just a month after he had enrolled at Manchester Manchester Metropolitan University.
He fractured his spine and sustained unsurvivable head injuries from the fall and tragically died in hospital, with his family by his side, days later.
An inquest into his death concluded at Manchester coroner’s court on February 21. READ MORE Gang barge into SPAR petrol station and beat up man - police want to speak to these men The court heard how William, who had moved up to study from his family home in London, had been enjoying some drinks at his friend Jasmine’s flat, directly above his, on the third floor of Cambridge South Halls, Cavendish Street.
When the group of friends decided they wanted to go out to the courtyard, on the ground floor, William went ahead and said that he ‘knew a shortcut’.
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