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Knightsbridge balcony collapse victims named | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Two men who died after they fell from a balcony at Cadogan Square in west London have been named by police. | |
Tomasz Procko, 22, and Karol Szymanski, 29, had been delivering sofas to the Knightsbridge property on Friday morning when the balcony collapsed. | |
Mr Procko, of Greenford, west London, died at the scene while Mr Szymanski, of Wembley, north-west London, died later in hospital. | |
Both men were originally from Poland. Their next of kin had been informed. | |
Eight other people were treated for injuries, the London Ambulance Service said. | |
'Weak railings' | |
A neighbour, who wanted to remain anonymous, told BBC News: "They were trying to pull a couch up to the first-floor apartment with ropes. | |
"[It] was apparently too heavy. The fence broke off and fell on the workmen below." | |
Sinclair Johnston, an engineer who has worked on another property in the square, said the decorative railings could not be depended upon to support weight. | |
The decorative wrought-iron railing appeared to have fallen about 3.6m (12ft) to the ground, although the stone base of the balcony appeared undamaged. |
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