An air ambulance landed in Trafalgar Square in London close to noon on April 24, 2022.
The Metropolitan Police and the London Ambulance Service told local media that an 81-year old man was rushed to hospital after being hit by a motorcycle.
We’re at the scene of a collision between a motorcycle and a pedestrian at 15.45hrs in Acre Lane, SW2.
The pedestrian, aged in his 80s, has sadly died.
Motorcyclist arrested on suspicion of drug driving.
Any witnesses pls call 101 ref 4569/24apr
— Lambeth Police | Central South BCU (@LambethMPS) April 24, 2022
The @LDNairamb landed in Trafalgar Square just a few moments ago. Not sure what’s happened. pic.twitter.com/EBC2LUN4W3
— Matt Capon (@MattLCapon) April 24, 2022
A spokesperson from the London Ambulance Service told the Mirror UK that they received a call at 11:20 local time and responded to reports of a road traffic collision at the Piccadilly Circus end of Shaftesbury Avenue.
“We sent a number of resources including an ambulance crew, a paramedic on a bicycle, a clinical team leader and an incident response officer. We also dispatched medics from London’s Air Ambulance,” the spokesperson said.
The London Ambulance Service confirmed that a man was treated at the scene for a serious head injury and was taken to a major trauma center priority care.
Though rare, this is not the first time that an air ambulance has landed in Trafalgar Square. In 2016, an air ambulance also landed in the square after a woman was hit by a car on Charing Cross Road.
