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Man seriously injured by sofa falling from roof of London hotel
He is in a critical but stable condition.
A PEDESTRIAN SUFFERED serious head injuries after a sofa fell from the roof of a luxury London hotel.
The man in his 20s was walking past the W hotel on Wardour Street, near Leicester Square, just before 9am yesterday when a metal-framed sofa fell 130 feet to the ground.
Met Police says that it is believed the piece of furniture fell from a scaffold.
They say that the man was taken to the Royal Hospital, where he is in a critical but stable condition.
The Sun quotes a W hotel spokesman saying the piece of furniture belonged to one of the private apartments on the top level of the building.
The same paper also quotes a passer-by as saying the man “looked like his face had been ripped off”.
The incident is being investigated.
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