Woman in her 20s ‘falls from balcony onto shopper’ at The Glades shopping centre as paramedics rush both to hospital
TERRIFYING scenes unfolded when a woman fell from a busy shopping centre balcony - falling onto another shopper below.
The woman, in her 20s, had fallen at The Glades in Bromley, London, just after 2pm yesterday - injuring the shopper in her 80s below.
Emergency services rushed to the scene - taking both women to hospital for treatment.
Met Police are now investigating, with cops saying in a statement: "A woman – believed in her 20s – is believed to have fallen from a balcony. Another woman, aged in her 80s, was found with injuries as a result of the fall.
"We await updates on their condition. Police remain on scene and enquiries are ongoing."
A London Ambulance spokesperson also confirmed they had been called yesterday just after 2pm to reports of a "person falling from a height".
They said in a statement: “We sent three ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast response car, a volunteer emergency responder team and an incident response officer to the scene.
"We also dispatched a trauma team from London’s Air Ambulance, which consisted of a paramedic and a doctor in a car.
“The first paramedic arrived in around three minutes. We treated a patient at the scene and took her to a major trauma centre as a priority. We also treated a second patient and took her to a local hospital.”
Anyone with information is asked to call 101 quoting CAD 3881/24Jul.
