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Man seriously ill after Peter Jones escalator fall | |
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A man is in hospital after falling from an escalator in a department store in south-west London. | |
Emergency services were called to Peter Jones in Sloane Square, Chelsea, at 13:05 GMT where a man believed to be in his 20s had fallen. | |
Police said he had multiple injuries and was taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition. | Police said he had multiple injuries and was taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition. |
They said inquiries were under way to ascertain how it happened. | |
London Ambulance Service said the man was treated for head and chest injuries and taken to St Mary's Hospital, Paddington. | London Ambulance Service said the man was treated for head and chest injuries and taken to St Mary's Hospital, Paddington. |
At 19:40, police said the man's condition was "serious but stable". | |
A spokeswoman for John Lewis, which runs the store, said it had closed early following "a serious customer incident". | A spokeswoman for John Lewis, which runs the store, said it had closed early following "a serious customer incident". |
A 28-year-old woman from Richmond said she was walking away from the escalator on the first floor when she heard a thud. | A 28-year-old woman from Richmond said she was walking away from the escalator on the first floor when she heard a thud. |
She said she believed the man fell from the third or fourth floor and people gasped when they saw what had happened. | She said she believed the man fell from the third or fourth floor and people gasped when they saw what had happened. |
"People coming off the escalator looked white as sheets," she said, adding that the store was busy at the time. | |
She said staff members working on the cosmetics counters had looked distressed at what they saw. | |
A John Lewis spokeswoman said: "Everyone who was working was clearly shocked and upset by what happened." |