/ 2 November 2005

Retired professor falls to his death from Wits building

A retired University of the Witwatersrand professor fell to his death from the Senate House building on the campus on Tuesday afternoon, according to a university spokesperson.

Primarashni Gower said Professor Albert Boyd had been with the School of Statistics and Actuarial Science.

”The circumstances surrounding his death are the subject of a police investigation,” she said.

Johannesburg police spokesperson Superintendent Chris Wilken confirmed that a man had fallen from a building at the university. – Sapa