Man taken to hospital after fall from Sunderland's Northern Spire Bridge

A number of emergency series vehicles were called to the bridge this morning, Tuesday, October 26.

The inshore lifeboat was also launched in connection with the incident.

A Humber Coastguard spokesman confirmed a call had been received but said the matter was being handled by police.

"We have been contacted. It was at approximately 6.30am,” he said.

A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: “Shortly before 6.10am today, we received a report a male had fallen from the Northern Spire bridge.

“Officers and emergency services attended and the male has been taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.”

A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson added: “We were called to an incident on the Northern Spire Bridge in Sunderland at 6.21am this morning.

"We dispatched one ambulance crew, three crews from our Hazardous Area Response Team and a clinical care manager, and transported one patient to Sunderland Royal Hospital.”

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