Police and security bellowed “get out” at everyone inside a major London tube station this afternoon.
As platforms were evacuated and a stretcher was sent underground in a lift, the bustling Canary Wharf Jubliee Line station descended into a frenzied state of confusion at around 2pm today.
It was not for a while after a fleet of ambulance and Incident Response vehicles swooped in beside the station, that all travellers and shops were evacuated.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson has confirmed the major incident was related to a person who had fallen from height.
They said: “We were called at 12.50pm today (6 August) to reports of a person fallen from height at Canary Wharf Underground Station, Bank Street, E14.
“We sent resources to the scene, including an ambulance crew, a paramedic in a fast response car, an incident response officer and members of our hazardous area response team (HART).
“We treated a man at the scene and took him to a major trauma centre.”
The Daily Star attended the scene after noticing a sizable emergency presence outside the station. We were able to walk down an escalator into the station as normal. It was not until we approached the first set of gates to head deeper to the station platform that it became clear something was seriously wrong.
Each gate was locked off, with only a disabled entry opened on request from emergency staff who carried a stretcher through to the alarm of those queueing up for answers. The stretcher was then carried a further 20-odd yards into a lift down to the platform level which runs between two railway tracks headed in opposite directions. To the west is the likes of London Bridge and Westminster, trains heading eastbound terminate at Stratford.
A crowd gathered around a member of Transport For London staff to answer their queries about what was wrong, when will the station re-open and what alternative routes they could take.
The picture of disgruntled commuters and tourists milling around the station lined by shops including a Greggs and barbers, swiftly transitioned into panic. Dozens of people dashed as fast as they could for the exit escalators to the tune of “everybody out now”.
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