A 57-year-old man has been taken to hospital after being struck by falling masonry in Piccadilly Circus, London.
Emergency services were called to Coventry Street at 2.27pm on Tuesday following reports that a piece of masonry had fallen from a building and hit the man.
The Metropolitan Police said the man was receiving treatment from the London Ambulance Service and would be taken to hospital by London's Air Ambulance. The severity of his injuries is not yet known. An air ambulance was seen landing in nearby Trafalgar Square.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said crews, including an incident response officer and an advanced paramedic practitioner, attended the scene and treated the man before taking him to a major trauma centre.
A passerby told LBC that the object knocked the man down, adding: "His head was widely open with a lot of blood." The exact object that fell has not yet been confirmed. Police have advised people to avoid the area while the incident is ongoing.
