A UNIVERSITY student has died after plunging 40ft from a bridge.

The 20-year-old man was seen by a woman falling from the Spa Bridge, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, at about 10.30pm on Wednesday.

The man, a student at the University of Hull Scarborough, was taken to Scarborough General Hospital, but was pronounced dead.

A police spokesman said the man's family had been informed and there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.