Accident at new Royal London Hospital imperils pedestrians
Pedestrians walking near one of the new parts of east London鈥檚 Royal London Hospital had a lucky escape after a window at the building was shattered, sending shards of glass plummeting to the ground.
Twitter user Tomas Klassnik this morning reported being 鈥渘early sliced鈥� by a 鈥渟hower of falling glass鈥� outside the distinctive Whitechapel hospital, which has been rebuilt as part of a 拢1bn private finance initiative.
A spokeswoman for the hospital, which is operated by Barts NHS Trust, confirmed the accident had been caused while a cleaner was in a window cleaning crane on the building, but said no injuries had been reported.
A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said local officers had not been alerted to the incident.
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