A University of York student died from drowning after entering the River Ouse from the Ouse bridge, an inquest opening has heard.
On March 5, Evan d’Andilly died after he was seen entering the River Ouse shortly after 3am.
The 19-year-old, who was just days away from his 20th birthday on March 9, was from Scunthorpe and a student at the University of York studying business management when he died.
Police divers recovered his body from the river at 11.45am
On Thursday (Apr 3), an inquest was opened into the death of the teenager at Northallerton Coroners Court.
Dr Gill Kane, assistant coroner for York and North Yorkshire, said a statement provided by police said Mr d’Andilly entered the river by “Ouse bridge in York”.
She said Mr d’Andilly was last seen on March 5 when he entered the River Ouse, from the Ouse bridge in York.
The provisional cause of death was drowning.
On March 5, Evan d’Andilly died after he was seen entering the River Ouse shortly after 3am.
The 19-year-old, who was just days away from his 20th birthday on March 9, was from Scunthorpe and a student at the University of York studying business management when he died.
Police divers recovered his body from the river at 11.45am
On Thursday (Apr 3), an inquest was opened into the death of the teenager at Northallerton Coroners Court.
Dr Gill Kane, assistant coroner for York and North Yorkshire, said a statement provided by police said Mr d’Andilly entered the river by “Ouse bridge in York”.
She said Mr d’Andilly was last seen on March 5 when he entered the River Ouse, from the Ouse bridge in York.
The provisional cause of death was drowning.
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00:00Hello, I'm Rachel Grealish and today we have the latest from the inquest into the death of Evan Danderley.
00:07The 19-year-old from Scunthorpe was last seen entering the river from the Ouse Bridge in York shortly after 3am on March 5th.
00:15Evan was a student at the University of York just days away from his 20th birthday when he died.
00:21His body was recovered later that morning at Queen's Staith in York.
00:25An inquest opening at North Allerton's Coroner's Court on Thursday April 3rd heard his provisional cause of death for the teenager was drowning.
00:34A full inquest will take place at a later date and we will have all those updates for you.
00:39That's all for today though. Bye now.