Storm Doris: Pedestrian fighting for his life after being hit by falling debris blown off a roof in Victoria

A man has been rushed to hospital with critical head injuries after Storm Doris gales blew debris off a building onto the street in Victoria.

The pedestrian was left with life-threatening injuries after the incident on Victoria Street – next to Victoria Underground station.

Some eyewitnesses are reporting that he was hit by a part of the roof that was blown off a newly-built section of the station.

Pictures show the roads closed off as gales continue to batter police and emergency crews at the scene.

One witness commented: "Firemen use cement bags to hold bits of roof. They just opened this b***** entance and it's already falling apart."

And other said there were "pieces of metal and shards of glass" being blown around the area.

A Met Police spokesman said officers were called just after 3pm to reports of debris that had fallen from a building.

He said paramedics took a pedestrian, believed to be male, to hospital with head injuries.

A LAS spokeswoman said: "We were called at 2.59pm to reports of incident on Victoria Street.

"We sent an ambulance crew, a single responder in a car, an incident response officer and an advanced paramedic to the scene.

“Our hazardous area response team was also dispatched. We treated a man at the scene for a head injury and took him as a priority to hospital."