Man plummets onto roof of UK faculty after ‘falling from a top’ as crews scrambled
Fire crews were called to LIPA Sixth Form College on Upper Duke Street in Liverpool City Centre after reports of a man falling from height, with Merseyside Police also in attendance
Emergency services heading to the roof(Image: Liverpool Echo)
A cordon has been put in place after a man fell onto a college roof in Liverpool this morning (Monday).
Fire crews were summoned to LIPA Sixth Form College on Upper Duke Street in Liverpool City Centre following reports of a man falling from height.
Emergency services were alerted at 9.18am and reached the scene five minutes later, with one fire engine and a crane. Crews discovered the man conscious and breathing in an enclosed room on a rooftop. Crews coordinated with North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) colleagues and the man was relocated to a secure area on the roof.
A road closure is currently in place as emergency services head to the roof of LIPA Sixth Form College this morning(Image: Liverpool Echo)
He was examined by NWAS, who have confirmed he has sustained a leg injury. The fire service transported the man safely to ground level using a basket stretcher and the crane. He will be conveyed to hospital, reports the Liverpool Echo.
Merseyside Police are also present and assisting with a road closure, with an outer cordon established. The fire service is advising people to stay away from the area until cordons are lifted.
Images captured at the scene by the ECHO show firefighters accessing the roof via the crane. A police cordon has been set up on Upper Duke Street at the junction with Hope Street.
Meanwhile, “numerous gangs” of boys and young men are “trying to outdo each other” in social media videos depicting interactions with Gardaí, pursuits and wrong-way driving.
John Joe O’Connell, Garda Representative Association (GRA) vice-president, made the comments following a horrific fatal head-on collision between junctions 3 and 4 on the M9 motorway in Co Kildare in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Five teenagers, all passengers in a reportedly stolen BMW, tragically lost their lives, and four individuals – including a child – were seriously injured when the vehicle collided with a family heading to Dublin Airport for a holiday. The five teens have now been named locally as brothers Alex (15) and Jeremy McCarthy (16) from Éire Óg in Carlow Town; Joe Carthy from Athy, Co Kildare; and Barry Chappell and Jack Kennedy, both from the Tullow Road area of Carlow Town. Official identification has not yet been released by Gardaí.
The four occupants of the second vehicle, which was travelling in the correct direction towards Dublin Airport for a family wedding in Cheshire, UK, were also named locally. Sisters Alma and Niamh Kinsella, both in their 30s, were in the front seats and remain in critical condition at Tallaght University Hospital.
Their sister Ellie Hendricken, in her 20s, was a rear-seat passenger alongside her seven-year-old nephew, reports breakingnews.ie. Hendricken was transferred to St Vincent’s University Hospital from St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny on Sunday night, while the young boy is receiving treatment at Children’s Health Ireland in Crumlin. All four injured passengers are from the Carlow area.
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