Man crushed by telescopic urinal in central London

A antheral has been "crushed by a telescopic urinal" portion moving successful cardinal London.

A rescue cognition is successful spot astatine the junction of Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road.

The antheral was moving astatine the tract astatine Cambridge Circus and has been earnestly injured, the Met Police said.

Police, occurrence crews, paramedics and aerial ambulance workers were sent to the country astatine 13:05 GMT connected Friday.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We sent a fig of resources to the scene, including an ambulance crew, members of our hazardous country effect squad (HART), members of our tactical effect portion and a medic successful a accelerated effect car.

"We besides dispatched London's Air Ambulance."

Four occurrence engines and astir 25 firefighters are astatine the scene.

A spokesperson for the Met Police confirmed the antheral is thought to person sustained crush injuries portion moving connected a "telescopic urinal" astatine the location.

The unit is assisting with roadworthy closures.

A telescopic urinal is simply a pop-up toilet stored beneath the crushed which is brought to thoroughfare level astatine nighttime for radical to use.