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A 28-year-old woman is in a critical condition after apparently being hit by falling bricks from a building site crane this morning.

Police officers were called at 9.38am to Tower Hamlets in east London, where the shocking incident took place.

An air ambulance was sent to the scene and the woman was taken to hospital with severe injuries.

A man at the scene was also treated for shock.

Bricks could be seen scattered around a victim as she lay on the pavement with bystanders giving her first aid.

Witness Aladdin Rahman said: "My friend who's a bus driver and was driving a bus at the time it happened, said that some bricks had fallen on the woman.

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"Several people were trying to get to the lady and so were the construction workers.

"It was a hectic scene at the time."

One witness to the incident on Burdett Road at the junction with St Paul's Way, in the Mile End area of Tower Hamlets, added on Twitter: "Pallet a brick fell from a crane on a building site hit a young lady."

Police have confirmed that her relatives have been informed about the incident, which occurred as the woman was walking along a pavement next to Bow Corner, a new development of luxury flats.

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Steve Boreham, construction director of Higgins Homes said in a statement: “Our primary thoughts and concerns are with the lady who has been injured and those affected today.

"We are working with the Health & Safety Executive who are investigating the incident to determine the cause and will release more information as soon as it’s available. Our priority at the moment is of course to make the area safe.”

Local road closures are in place while emergency services deal with the events.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ““We sent a number of resources to the scene including an incident response officer, a motorcycle responder, two single responders in cars and two ambulance crews.

"We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance by car.

“We treated a woman at the scene for serious injuries and took her as a priority to a major trauma centre. We also took a second person to hospital.”

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A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: "Police in Tower Hamlets are dealing after a woman was injured by falling debris.

"Officers were called at 9.38am on Tuesday, 27 March to Burdett Road at the junction with St Pauls Way.

"A woman has apparently been struck by debris falling from a building site crane.

"London Ambulance Service attended and the woman was taken to an east London hospital in a critical condition.

"Her next of kin have been informed.

"Local road closures are in place while emergency services deal."

A spokeswoman for the Health and Safety Executive said: "HSE is aware of the incident and is investigating."

Bow Corner is a new development of just 19 one, two and three bedroom apartments under construction.

One beds start from £435,000, two beds from £545,000 and three beds from £650,000.

Police are asking for witnesses or anyone with information to get in touch.