A man has sadly died after an incident reportedly involving a crane on a building site.
The incident happened at a site on East Road in Hoxton, north east London shortly after 1pm.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene following the accident. A police cordon is still in place and it’s currently not known when it will clear.
A spokesperson for London Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 1.19pm today (December 21) to reports of an incident on East Road, N1.
“We sent an ambulance crew, a medic in a car, a clinical team leader, an incident response officer, and members of our hazardous area response team. We also dispatched by road London’s Air Ambulance.
“Sadly, despite best efforts of emergency service colleagues, a person died at the scene.”
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