Man jumps two floors, lands on woman's head in crowded mall

The falls left the women with permanent injuries.

A 24-year-old man who plummeted two floors at a shopping centre in East London has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after he fell onto a woman.

The incident occurred at Stratford Shopping Centre leaving the woman with life-changing injuries following the incident. Shoppers narrated the horrifying incident and said they saw the man fall two floors before landing onto the woman in a food court below, reported Mirror.uk.

"Neither person's condition is deemed to be life-threatening, however, the woman's injuries are believed to be life-changing. The man was arrested at the hospital on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and reckless endangerment of life," said Metropolitan Police spokesperson.

Police rushed to the spot at around 4 pm on Thursday after they received reports of the incident. One shopper who was walking towards the escalators on the floor beneath said, "It was so, so quick, it was the last thing I was expecting. Everybody was running and rushing and shouting that he'd dropped. I saw the lady laid out on the floor on her back and everybody running towards her and crowding around. She was conscious but her eyes were rolling into the back of her head like she was dizzy."

Pictures and video footage of the incident show the chaos that followed after the incident with shoppers screaming and rushing to see the man.

A spokesman from the London Ambulance Service said, "We sent two ambulance crews, an incident response officer, an advanced paramedic and two single responders in cars to the scene. We treated two people at the scene and took them both to the hospital as a priority."

A Westfield spokeswoman said, "We are deeply saddened to learn that a woman injured is believed to have life-changing injuries. Our thoughts are with her and the family. We are continuing to offer support to the emergency services as they investigate the incident."