A man is in hospital today with serious multiple injuries after falling 20 foot following a crash in Leicester.
Police were called to an incident involving a bus and a cherry picker on the A594 Welford Road, just after 2.30pm on Friday.
The crash happened outside Sandicliffe car showroom, near the Tower Street junction and the Counting House Road junction.
A man was unconscious and had suffered life-threatening injuries after fallen 20 foot whilst working on the cherry picker.
Ambulance crews called a volunteer emergency doctor out to help assist the patient.
The man was taken to the Regional Trauma Centre at Queens Medical Centre, in Nottingham by ambulance.
It is believed that he is currently in the Intensive Therapy Unit with serious multiple injuries.
Severe delays were caused following the accident.
Two county-bound lanes were closed for at least four hours during the afternoon. Congestion tailed back to the A47 St Nicholas Circle junction.
Police were advising motorists to avoid the area and choose an alternative route.
Anyone who has any further information on the incident should contact the police on 101.
No further information about the condition of the patient has yet been released.
