The man was thought to be a construction worker and in his 30s, according to the police

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A man has been killed after a wall collapsed on a building site in east London yesterday.

The man was thought to be a construction worker and in his 30s, according to the police.

The accident happened on a job to convert the Anchor and Hope pub on Westferry Road in the Docklands area of London into flats.

A Metropolitan police spokesperson said: “We were called at 9am on Wednesday morning to reports of a man injured at a construction site on Westferry Road.

“We attended along with London Ambulance and Air Ambulance services. The man, thought to be in his 30s, died at 9:21am.

“We understand the man had been working on the site and died from injuries sustained after a wall collapsed on him.

He said the Health and Safety Executive had been informed of the incident.