Julian Simpso­n, 30, plumme­ts from a sevent­h-floor balcon­y to a second-floor during a social gather­ing at his reside­nceNEW YORK: An Australian diplomat accidentally fell five floors to his death on Wednesday from the deck of his New York City home during a social gathering with his wife and friends, police and local media said. “He’s described as somebody who liked to play games and had sat on the balcony railing and accidentally lost his balance,” Brown said. Simpson, a junior diplomat with the Australian Mission to the United Nations, was said to have been playing a “trust game” with an unidentified male house guest, according to the New York Post, citing unidentified police sources. The diplomat was taken to Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital where he was pronounced dead, the Post reported. A representative for the Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Source: The Express Tribune November 16, 2017 13:52 UTC