Woman in her 20s ‘falls from balcony onto shopper’ at The Glades shopping centre as paramedics rush both to hospital

A woman fell from a balcony onto a shopper in a busy mall, leaving both of them in hospital.

Rescue workers rushed to the scene of the accident at The Glades in Bromley, London, just after 2pm yesterday.

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Met Police said in a statement: “A woman – believed to be in her 20s – is believed to have fallen from a balcony. Another woman in her 80s was found with injuries from the fall.”

“We are awaiting updates on her condition. The police remain on site and the investigation is ongoing.”

A London Ambulance spokesman said: “We were called at 2.13pm (24 July) to reports of a person falling from a height in the High Street, Bromley.”

“We dispatched three ambulance crews, a paramedic in a rapid response vehicle, a volunteer emergency response team and a dispatcher to the scene of the accident.

“We also dispatched a trauma team from London’s Air Ambulance, which consisted of a paramedic and a doctor in a car.

“The first paramedic arrived in about three minutes. We treated a patient on site and brought her primarily to a large trauma center. We also treated a second patient and took her to a local hospital.”