Builder injured after falling from school roof in Ellesmere
A builder who was working on a school roof in Shropshire has been airlifted to hospital after falling.
The 52-year-old man fell from the roof hw was working on at The Lakelands School in Oswestry Road, Ellesmere at about 2.30pm this afternoon.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "Work was on-going on the roof when the accident happened; it was just the joists showing.
"The crews were told that he had fallen about 3.5 m onto his back. The man was complaining of severe pain in his back and chest and had a suspected fracture to his right wrist.
"He was immobilised using a neck collar and spinal board before being airlifted to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital."
Two ambulances and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford were sent to the scene.
