A man was crushed to death after a crane is believed to have dropped its heavy load on him at a building site in London.

With just days to Christmas, police and paramedics raced to the horror incident on East Road, near Old Street, yesterday afternoon.

The man had been struck by a falling object, according to a police statement cited by the Mirror.

Pictures taken last night show Metropolitan Police officers had cordoned off the scene in Shoreditch.

A large, yellow crane was also spotted in the background of one of them.

Further details of the incident remain unclear, but a spokesperson for London Ambulance Service confirmed the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

They added: ‘We were called at 1.19pm today (December 21) to reports of an incident on East Road, N1.

‘We sent an ambulance crew, a medic in a car, a clinical team leader, an incident response officer, and members of our hazardous area response team.

‘We also dispatched by road London’s Air Ambulance. Sadly, despite best efforts of emergency service colleagues, a person died at the scene.’

Metro.co.uk has also contacted the Metropolitan Police for comment.

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