A TEENAGER has died in York after falling from scaffolding.

Tuesday, 9 July 2024 12:53

By Haydn Lewis

At an inquest opening into the death of 19-year-old Harry William Calam in Northallerton this morning (July 9), coroner, Jon Heath said that he had died of a traumatic brain injury.

Mr Heath said that Harry, who is from York, died after the incident happened in Little Stonegate in York city centre on Monday, June 24.

"He was climbing on scaffolding when he fell to the ground. His death was confirmed at the scene and his provisional cause of death is traumatic brain injury," said Mr Heath.

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