Elderly man dies after Shrewsbury town centre fall

Thursday 8th December 2011, 12:29PM GMT.

Elderly man dies after Shrewsbury town centre fall

An elderly man has died following a fall from a building in Shrewsbury town centre earlier this morning.

The incident happened shortly before 8.30am this morning in Newport Place, just off St Mary’s Street in Shrewsbury. The man was pronounced dead at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

Police say they are investigating the incident but are not treating it as suspicious.



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