Man in hospital after being hit by falling sofa in London

A man has suffered a head injury after being hit by a falling sofa in London.

The incident happened near the W London Leicester Square hotel in the heart of the city’s tourist district.

A witness told The Sun that “the sofa came flying over the top of the hotel’s flat roof” and hit the man, who was just walking by.

Reports of a person being “hit by a falling object” in Wardour Street came in to the London Ambulance Service on Friday at about 8.52am.

The service “treated a man at the scene for a head injury and took him as a priority to a major trauma centre at a hospital in central London”, a spokesman said.

Scotland Yard were also at the scene after being told that a pedestrian had been injured by what was believed to have been “a piece of furniture which fell from scaffolding”.

The spokesman said: “The man, aged in his 20s, was taken to an east London hospital by London’s Air Ambulance.

“His condition is critical but stable.”

Swiss Centre

The incident happened at the Swiss Centre building, which houses the W London Leicester Square and a number of privately managed residences, according to a spokesman for the hotel.

The spokesman said: “The exact circumstances of this accident are still being investigated by the local authorities, which we support in their investigations.

“Our thoughts and prayers go to the gentleman concerned, who is being treated in hospital for his injuries.”

PA