A WOMAN has died after falling into the Thames from the QE2 Bridge this morning.

Officers from Essex Police were called to the Dartford Bridge at 9.40am following concerns for a woman in her 40s who was seen standing outside the bridge railings.

A police spokesman confirmed: “The woman was later seen to fall from the bridge.”

The Marine Police Unit, a police helicopter and a lifeboat were called to the area beneath the bridge to search for the woman, who came from the Thurrock area.

They later recovered a body.

Several police cars were earlier reported to be at the scene on the bridge, where a car was abandoned.

One lane was closed while officers carried out an investigation but it has since re-opened.

Essex Police says there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the woman’s death and that a report is now being prepared for the coroner.