A five-year old boy has been rushed to hospital after ‘falling from a height’ in Dagenham this afternoon.
Paramedics rushed to the scene near Dagenham Headway Tube station in east London at 2.31pm.
The child is understood to have fallen from a height and was taken to a major trauma centre following the incident.
A spokesperson for the force said: ‘Police were called at 14:32hrs on Monday, 4 August to reports of a child who had fallen from height in Church Elm Lane, Dagenham
Officers, the London Ambulance Service and the London Air Ambulance attended.
‘A five-year-old boy was taken to hospital for treatment. His injuries are not life threatening. There have been no arrests.’
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson added: ‘We were called at 2.31pm today to reports of a person fallen from height on Church Elm Lane, Dagenham.
‘We sent resources to the scene, including an ambulance crew, an incident response officer and a paramedic in a fast response car.
‘We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance.
‘Our first paramedic arrived in less than five minutes. We treated a child at the scene and took them to a major trauma centre by road.’
