Passer-by is killed when 30ft betting shop sign crashes on to pavement of Camden street - London Evening Standard

Workers who saw a man struck and killed by a falling shop sign have told how passers-by desperately tried to save him.

The man, aged in his early 20s, was knocked unconscious by a 30ft William Hill metal hoarding that came loose and landed on him as he was walking past on Camden Road at 5pm yesterday.

Members of the public dashed to help the victim with six men coming together to lift the hoarding to free the man and enable paramedics to try and resuscitate him on the pavement.

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