Jockey Tim Bell dies in accident: reports

Australian jockey Tim Bell has reportedly died in Singapore after a fall from a high-rise building.

Jockey Timothy Bell (left) and trainer Rex Lipp pose with the Queensland Oaks trophy at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Brisbane, Saturday, May 31, 2014. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY — Jockey Timothy Bell (left) and trainer Rex Lipp pose with the Queensland Oaks trophy at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Brisbane, Saturday, May 31, 2014. (AAP) Source: AAP

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Published 4 November 2015 2:06pm

Source: AAP

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Sydney's Sky Sports Radio said an investigation was under way into the death of the 22-year-old who began a three-month riding contract in Singapore last month.

Bell won the 2013/14 Brisbane jockeys' premiership, the same season he claimed his first Group One win on Tinto in the Queensland Oaks.

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