Sutton teenager who died after roof fall was a '˜true gentleman'

Jack Strickland fell at least 10ft from the roof of a unit at Derwent Works, in Matlock Road, Ambergate, on April 9.

The 19-year-old was taken to hospital but later died.

The former Ashfield Comprehensive School, who was completing an apprenticeship at Willstec engineering, has been described as “the model apprentice” by colleagues.

A spokesman for Willstec said: “He was the model apprentice and an absolute gentleman. Nobody had a bad word to say about him. It really is very sad.”

A spokesman for Derby and Derbyshire’s Coroner’s Court said an inquest had opened into his death.

He said a provisional cause of death for Mr Strickland, of Sutton, could not yet be given.

It was initially reported by the emergency services that the teenager died after falling from a roof in a derelict part of the site but police now say the incident happened in an occupied unit - but will not confirm which one.

At the time of the incident, a spokesman for the police said there were not thought to be any suspicious circumstances behind the death.