Toddler rushed to hospital after falling from building in east London
- Emergency services were scrambled to East India Dock Road, Poplar, at 6.54pm
- The child’s condition remains unknown after reports of them falling ‘from height’
- Officers remain at the scene and road closures are in place
A toddler has been rushed to hospital after plunging from a home in east London.
Emergency services were scrambled to East India Dock Road in Poplar at 6.54pm after a child fell ‘from height’.
And air ambulance was spotted close to the scene, but the child’s condition remains unknown.
Emergency services were scrambled to East India Dock Road in Poplar at 6.54pm after a child fell ‘from height’
Scotland Yard’s Tower Hamlet’s branch tweeted tonight: ‘Police called at 18:54hrs to East India Dock Road to reports of a child fallen from height from a residential building.
‘Officers attended with LAS (London Ambulance Service). The child, believed to be a toddler, has been taken to hospital – we await a condition update.
‘Officers remain on scene & road closures are in place at junction with Chrisp Street and Newby Place. Motorists should use other routes.’
The Met Police is appealing for witnesses.
An air ambulance lands after a toddler plunged from a building in east London