Girl, 16, dies after plunging from the balcony of an eighth-floor flat in southeast London 

A 16-year-old girl has died after falling from an eighth-floor balcony in southeast London, police have said.

Officers were called to Thurston Road, in Lewisham, shortly after 2pm on Easter Sunday following reports that a person had fallen from a height.

London Ambulance Service, London Fire Brigade and London’s Air Ambulance, who landed in a nearby Sports Direct car park, attended, but the girl was pronounced dead at the scene.

The death is being treated as non-suspicious and the victim’s next of kin have been informed.

A police cordon remains at the scene while inquiries continue. 

In a statement, the Met Police said: ‘The death is being treated as non-suspicious and a file will be prepared for the Coroner.’ 

More to follow.