By Martin Robinson PUBLISHED: 11:03 EST, 4 September 2012 | UPDATED: 03:44 EST, 6 September 2012 Tragic: Amanda Telfer was walking past a building site when a falling window frame hit her on Hanover Square in central London The 13-feet tall window that crushed an 'extremely talented' young lawyer to death weighed more than half a tonne, an inquest heard today. Lawyer Amanda Telfer, 43, was fatally injured as she ate a banana while passing by a construction site on Hanover Square, off Oxford Street in central London. Criminal charges could now be brought after she was killed by the frame that took ten people to pull off her body, the inquest was told.
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A half-tonne 13-feet high window frame had been propped up against a wall when it fell on Amanda Telfer
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Her inquest was opened and adjourned today to allow police and the Health and Safety executive to carry out investigation
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Ms Telfer worked as a lawyer and was described by colleagues as 'extremely talented'
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The accident happened as workmen were installing windows at a new six-storey office block off Oxford Street last Thursday
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A gust of wind was believed to have caused the tragedy and it took ten people to lift the frame off her
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