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Leeds scaffolder plunged to death riding escalator
AN INQUEST has opened into the death of a scaffolder who fell to his death from an escalator at Castleford's Xcape complex.
Wakefield Coroner's Court heard that Thomas Garnham, 21, was drinking with friends in the upper bar area of the complex in the early hours of Sunday.
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Coroner's officer Anthony Lancaster said Mr Garnham, of Fryston Road, Airedale, Castleford, was believed to have mounted the escalator's rail and tried to slide down. He said: "He was seen to sit astride the handrail and begin to slide down it before he fell off." He is believed to have fallen 20 feet on to a concrete floor.
Mr Garnham was taken to Pontefract General Infirmary, by ambulance and transferred to Leeds General Infirmary, where he died later that day.
A provisional post-mortem gave a cause of death as head injuries. West Yorkshire Coroner David Hinchcliff adjourned the inquest pending the outcome of further reports.
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