Hydraulic urinal

Emergency services were called to the scene at Cambridge Circus in the West End just after 1pm today to reports of a "seriously injured" man.

Firefighters, ambulance crews and an air ambulance were deployed to the scene. Emergency services were called to Cambridge Circus in the West End just after 1pm on Friday to reports of a "seriously injured" man. Emergency services were called to the scene at Cambridge Circus in the West End just after 1pm today to reports of a "seriously injured" man.

The telescopic urinal in London's West End is stored beneath the ground and brought to the street level at night.

They have been used in the capital for more than a decade. “The man is thought to have sustained crush injuries while working on a telescopic urinal at the location.” The man is thought to have been trapped below street level underneath the urinal.

Multiple 999 crews were called out. Ambulance workers, an air ambulance and firefighters were sent in at 1.05pm. Metropolitan Police officers were called five ...

A London Fire Brigade spokesman said shortly after the incident: “Firefighters have been called to a person trapped on Charing Cross Road in central London. “The man trapped under street level under a hydraulic urinal on Cambridge Circus has been freed. We sent a number of resources to the scene, including an ambulance crew, members of our hazardous area response team (HART), members of our tactical response unit and a medic in a fast response car. A London Ambulance Service spokesman said in the initial aftermath of the incident: “We were called today at 1.05pm to reports of an incident on Shaftesbury Avenue, Charing Cross. Emergency services were called to the scene at Cambridge Circus in The man is thought to have sustained crush injuries while working on a telescopic urinal at the location.

Emergency services tried to save the man, who has not been named, but he died at the scene. Ambulance crews, an air ambulance and firefighters were dispatched ...

A London Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We were called today at 1.05pm to reports of an incident on Shaftesbury Avenue, Charing Cross. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "We're sorry to have to update that, despite the efforts of emergency services, the man who was critically injured in Cambridge Circus was pronounced dead at the scene. The incident took place at Cambridge Circus on the junction between Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road.

The maintenance worker is believed to have been working on public urinals when the accident happened.

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Police, fire crews, paramedics and air ambulance workers were sent to the scene at 1.05pm.

His next of kin have been informed. Advertisement