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Tube plunge teen was in Kiyan team
Last updated at 15:07pm on 01.12.06
Fighting for his life: Harry Smart
The teenager left fighting for his life when he and another man fell in front of a Tube train at Earl's Court last week is a former teammate of stabbed teenage footballer Kiyan Prince.
The identities of the two men involved in the horror plunge were revealed for the first time today. Young architect Tu Quang Hoang Vu, 25, was killed in the fall and soccer hopeful Harry Smart, 17, was left hospitalised in a critical condition.
It is thought the teenager had been "play fighting" with teammates on the platform when they accidentally knocked into bystander Mr Vu, from Vietnam, a masters student at Kingston University. The footballers, all of them regular players in the Queens Park Rangers' youth team, were friends of Kiyan Prince, 15, who was stabbed to death outside a school six months ago.
Smart, who lives with his parents in Pinner, north-west London, acted as a spokesman for the youth team at his funeral. A club source said: "It's unbelievable that another tragedy should hit the same youth team so soon. It feels like a curse."
His parents were last night at his bedside. His father said: "We are very shaken up by everything."
An online account of the incident, which happened during last Thursday's rush hour, has been posted on the internet by an anonymous Tube worker. It said: "Four youths were mucking about on the platform when one knocked into another passenger, and they both went under the train."
Three youths were arrested and have been released on bail. Police are appealing for witnesses to contact them on 020 7391 5275.
