A man in his 20s is fighting for his life after an assault in east London this lunchtime.
The London Air Ambulance, paramedics and several police vehicles were scrambled to Trinity Close, off Dalston Lane, Hackney, at 12.25pm to reports of a man suffering a head injury.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital and is in a life-threatening condition.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and was taken into police custody.
Passer-by Mike Spezzano said he was on his way to the supermarket when he saw “half a dozen” police cars at the scene and the air ambulance landing.
He told the Standard: “One of my neighbours… said one minute there was a frenzy of activity surrounding the body which was outside on the road, the next it went quiet and those aiding moved away.”
The Metropolitan Police said are enquiries are ongoing.
A London Ambulance spokesperson said: “We sent a number of resources to the scene including an ambulance crew, two medics in fast response cars and an advanced paramedic practitioner, and we also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance. The first of our medics was at the scene in two and a half minutes.
“We treated a man for a head injury and he was taken by air to a major trauma centre in London.”
