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Teenager dies in 150ft crane fall

Thursday 11 June 1998 23:02 BST
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A SCHOOLBOY international gymnast fell 150ft to his death yesterday after doing acrobatics at the top of a massive crane.

David Bevan, 16, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, had an insatiable appetite for excitement, his parents said. Passers-by told how at one moment they saw him "spinning around and rocking" at the top of the crane - and then the next he was falling.

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