Three dead after fall from Glasgow flats

Three people died today after apparently falling from a high-rise block of flats in Glasgow, police said. Strathclyde police said the bodies of two men and a woman were found at the foot of a tower on the Red Road complex in the Springburn area of north-east Glasgow just after 8.40am. A spokeswoman for the force said: "Police are currently at the scene dealing with the incident. Enquiries are ongoing to establish the identities of the three people involved and postmortem examinations will take place in due course to establish the exact cause of death. However, at this time there does not appear to be any suspicious circumstances." A Scottish ambulance service spokesman said crews were also called but did not remove any bodies as police had taken over the scene. Elizabeth Neilson, 42, who lives in the opposite block, said: "I opened my blinds and saw them lying there this morning at about 8.30am. I saw two concierge standing there and three bodies lying on the ground. "I phoned the concierge and he said he couldn't say much, but that three people had thrown themselves off the veranda." The area has been sealed off and a forensics tent erected in front of one of the blocks. The 1960s Red Road complex is one of the city's best known landmarks and featured heavily in the 2006 British film of the same name, directed by Andrea Arnold. At the time of their construction, the 31-storey, 90m blocks were the highest in Europe. The estate is due to be demolished, and a number of flats are currently unoccupied. A number of the families still living there are asylum seekers or other recent arrivals to the UK. A spokeswoman for Glasgow Housing Association, which owns the flats, said: "We are very saddened to hear about the tragic incident ... in the north of Glasgow. "The police and the emergency services are continuing their inquiries and we are helping in every way we can."