Pic:Nye Frankie Newman
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A British free-runner died in a “train accident” on the Paris Metro on New Year’s Day, it emerged today.
Tributes were paid to Nye Frankie Newman, 20, from Guildford, whose death was announced by his parkour group - which stressed he “wasn’t train surfing”.
Mr Newman was a keen participant of the craze which sees people climb and jump over obstacles and buildings in urban environments.
He had been in Paris with friends on a training trip when the accident happened.
Luke Stones, who was part of the same parkour and free running group as Mr Newman, said his friend - known as Brewman - “wasn’t train surfing as many of you may assume” at the time of his death.
He described Mr Newman as “an incredible human being who was always up for anything” and “experienced things in his short life that many won’t experience in their lifetimes”.
Another friend, who asked not to be named, said: “Nye was with his friends on a trip training in Paris. He met a lot of the community and practised the sport of parkour with them there.
“He passed away due to a train accident - he was with his friends while it happened.”
Photographs on his social media accounts show the teenager leaping between buildings in Hong Kong and somersaulting on the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland.
Friends paid tribute online. Toby Segar wrote: “Those who knew Nye Frankie Newman will never forget his untouchable flare, enthusiasm and thirst for raw adventure and worldly experience. A fresh young soul who effortlessly inspired those around him, fuelling the progress of fellow athletes and most prominently, his vast network of like-minded and incredibly close friends.
“We lost a good lad, too early.”
Seb Koci said: “He was a truly remarkable example of a human being. Although ‘inspirational’ is quite cliche, he had such a genuine ability to capture the hearts and minds of everyone he met, he had an insatiable appetite for adventure and was the driving force behind a huge number of seemingly stupid ideas and plans which I now hold as some of my fondest memories.”
James Dickson added: “Such an inspirational guy has just lost his life, it’s such a shock and just shows us that life is delicate, Nye lived his life to the fullest and will be missed by many, rest in peace man.”
A mass parkour “training” event is planned on March 4 in Guildford town centre to celebrate his life.
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