Police have issued an update on the conditions of two women after one reportedly fell onto the other from the balcony of a shopping centre in Bromley.
It happened at The Glades in Bromley High Street just before 2.15pm yesterday (July 24).
Police and London Ambulance Service crews attended and found two women injured.
It is believed a woman in her 20s fell and hit a woman in her 80s below as she did so.
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They were taken to hospital for treatment where their conditions were intially unknown.
A spokesperson for Metropolitan Police confirmed today (July 25) their conditions were assessed as not life-threatening.
Police enquiries into the circumstances are ongoing.
The full statement from Metropolitan Police says:" “At around 2.16pm on Monday, 24 July officers were called to a fall from height at The Glades, Bromley.
“Officers attended alongside the London Ambulance Service.
“A woman – believed in her 20s – is believed to have fallen from a balcony.
“Another woman, aged in her 80s, was found with injuries as a result of the fall.
“We await updates on their condition.
“Police remain on scene and enquiries are ongoing.”
A spokesperson for London Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 2.13pm today (24 July) to reports of a person falling from height in the High Street, Bromley.
“We sent three ambulance crews, a paramedic in a fast response car, a volunteer emergency responder team and an incident response officer to the scene.
"We also dispatched a trauma team from London’s Air Ambulance, which consisted of a paramedic and a doctor in a car.
“The first paramedic arrived in around three minutes.
“We treated a patient at the scene and took her to a major trauma centre as a priority.
"We also treated a second patient and took her to a local hospital.”
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