Tourist falls off Westminster Bridge 'while taking photos'

A tourist has fallen off Westminster Bridge in London while taking photos of the Houses of Parliament.

The man was rushed to hospital with serious head injuries after falling 15ft and landing on concrete steps by Speaker's Green.

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Witnesses took pictures as an air ambulance was launched at Parliament Square.

A spokesperson for Metropolitan Police told Daily Mail: "Police were called at 12.07pm on Tuesday to reports of a man having fallen from Westminster Bridge onto concrete steps close to Speaker's Green.

"London's Air Ambulance attended. The man was taken by ambulance to a central London hospital with a head injury."

A witness told the Evening Standard: "I saw the RNLI boat and police boat there. I was told by a doorman at Parliament that they had fallen and it was while they were taking a photo."

According to the Daily Star, a spokesman for London Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 12.03pm to an incident at Westminster Bridge involving a man falling approximately 15 feet onto concrete near the Houses of Parliament.

"We sent a number of resources including an ambulance crew, our hazardous area response team, an advanced paramedic in a car and London's Air Ambulance.

"We treated the man at the scene for a serious head injury and took him by road ambulance to a major trauma centre."

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