 His family paid tribute to him after his tragic death ( Family of James East/MEDIA WALES) However, his family said doctors assumed he had drowned, but a post-mortem later revealed James died from head injuries. Paying tribute to Mr East, his sister Abigail Bladen, and mum, Sara Ivey, said: "His poor girlfriend, Arabella, was actually on Facetime to him trying to direct him to their taxi, and she has gone through hell now as she has watched that happen. "He was in the water for 50 minutes and then they found him and took him to hospital where they worked on him for three hours to try and save him. "When he had the post-mortem, it was found that he was dead before he entered the water due to his head injuries, but they didn't realise that.){kind=link}
James East sat on a walled area of a bridge in Kingston, London, but misjudged his seating position and fell backwards. He hit his head and fell in the River Thames while on the phone with his girlfriend
A man has died after falling into the River Thames while Facetiming his girlfriend during a night out.
James East, from Swansea, Wales, had been out with his girlfriend Arabella Ashfield in Kingston, southwest London, to celebrate the 18th birthday of the woman’s sister on September 25.
During the night, he went to take a break and sat on a walled area of a bridge, but misjudged his seating position and fell backwards.
James hit the back of his head before falling into the River Thames, reports Wales Online.