Man taken to hospital after falling from height at Norwich building site
Picture: Archant Library. - Credit: Archant Norfolk
A man was taking to hospital with serious injuries after falling from height at a building site in Norwich.
The East of England Ambulance Service were called to Hall Road in the city just before 3pm on Friday after reports that a man had fallen.
The service sent an ambulance crew and the East Anglian Air Ambulance was also in attendance.
They treated a man, believed to be his 50s, with a suspected back injury and he was taken by land ambulance to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital for further treatment.
It is believed that the man fell through a roof at the site of The Wherry School which is currently being built.
A spokesperson for the ambulance service said the man's injuries are not thought to be life threatening.
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