A man has died in the UK after being crushed by a hydraulic urinal. Emergency services were called to the scene at Cambridge Circus in London's West End just after 1pm on Friday.
Multiple 999 crews were called out. Ambulance workers, an air ambulance and firefighters were sent in at 1.05pm.
Metropolitan Police officers were called five minutes later. The incident happened at the junction between Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road.
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The man was freed and then treated by London Ambulance Service. Roads in the area were closed.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said after news first emerged: “Police were called at around 1.10pm on Friday January 27, to a seriously injured man at Cambridge Circus, W1. The man is thought to have sustained crush injuries while working on a telescopic urinal at the location.
“LFB, LAS and London’s Air Ambulance are in attendance. Officers are assisting with road closures.”
A London Ambulance Service spokesman said in the initial aftermath of the incident: “We were called today at 1.05pm to reports of an incident on Shaftesbury Avenue, Charing Cross. We sent a number of resources to the scene, including an ambulance crew, members of our hazardous area response team (HART), members of our tactical response unit and a medic in a fast response car. We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance. The incident is still ongoing.”
A London Fire Brigade spokesman said shortly after the incident: “Firefighters have been called to a person trapped on Charing Cross Road in central London. The brigade was called at 1.05pm. Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters from Soho, Euston and Dowgate fire stations are at the scene.
“The man trapped under street level under a hydraulic urinal on Cambridge Circus has been freed. He has been left in the care of the Ambulance Service.”
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