Overview
- Emergency services were called at about 2:27pm after an object fell from a building on Coventry Street and struck a pedestrian.
- London Ambulance Service treated the man at the scene and London’s Air Ambulance transported him to a major trauma centre.
- The air ambulance was seen landing at Trafalgar Square before the patient was flown to hospital.
- Police described the object as a piece of masonry, while witnesses reported it looked like a decorative or cast-iron ball.
- Officers established a cordon near Piccadilly Circus and advised people to avoid the area as bystanders and nearby shops were managed during the response.