BREAKING: Boy, 5, raced to hospital after falling from height near major Tube station

A five-year old boy has been rushed to hospital after 'falling from a height' near a Tube station.

Paramedics rushed to the scene near Dagenham Headway Tube station in east London at 2:31pm today. Church Elm Lane was closed off between Church Elm Lane Health Centre and the Tasty Kebab Shop by police.

A Met Police spokesperson said: "Police were called at 14:32hrs on Monday, 4 August to reports of a child who had fallen from height in Church Elm Lane, Dagenham. A five-year-old boy was taken to hospital for treatment. His injuries are not life threatening. There have been no arrests."

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