Man in 20s dies after falling into River Thames while being arrested by police

Scotland Yard said an allegation of theft was made and police were in the process of arresting the man when he entered the water

A man in his 20s is dead after falling into the River Thames while being arrested by police (Greg Balfour Evans/Alamy/PA)

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

Officers on patrol were alerted to a verbal altercation between a man and woman, who were known to each other, on Kingston Bridge in Kingston upon Thames, south west London, at about 10.30pm on Friday.