Man dies after falling into River Thames while being arrested

Scotland Yard says police were in process of detaining man on Kingston Bridge in south-west London

A man in his 20s has died after falling into the River Thames while being arrested by police.

Following a routine police patrol on Friday police were flagged down on Kingston Bridge at around 10.30pm to intervene in a verbal altercation which involved a man and a woman who were known to each other.