Toddler rushed to hospital after falling from building in east London 

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 swooped in on the scene, but the child was taken by road to a major trauma centre where their 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.’ 

A London Ambulance spokesperson said: ‘We sent an incident response officer and two ambulances to the scene. 

‘We also dispatched a unit from our hazardous area response team and London’s Air Ambulance.

‘Crews treated a child at the scene and took them to a major trauma centre by road.’

An air ambulance lands after a toddler plunged from a building in east London

An air ambulance lands after a toddler plunged from a building in east London