Tree surgeon dies after 'chainsaw' neck injury in southeast London

A tree surgeon has died after he apparently injured himself with a chainsaw.

The man, believed to be in his 30s, suffered a neck wound in the incident in Bermondsey, southeast London, with one witness saying he saw "a lot of blood".

The incident happened in Banyard Road near a school, shortly after 11am on Wednesday.

Another man, Charlie Brenland, said he saw police cordon off the road, adding: "Witnesses and the police said there had been an accident with a worker on one of the trees.

"Someone there said one of the tree surgeons had an accident with a chainsaw."

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: "This is believed to be a workplace accident and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will be informed in due course."

Meanwhile, the London Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 11.07am today to reports of an incident at an address on Banyard Road, SE16.

"We sent an ambulance crew, a single responder in a car, a paramedic on a motorcycle, an incident response officer and our Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) to the scene.

"We also dispatched London's Air Ambulance.

"Sadly, despite the extensive efforts of our crews, a patient died at the scene."