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Man injured by falling lamppost outside school

BBC Lamppost fall at KelvinsideBBC
Police, fire and ambulance crews attended after the man was hit by a lamppost

A man was taken to hospital after he was hit by a falling lamppost outside a school in Glasgow's west end.

The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon next to independent school Kelvinside Academy.

The man was trapped before being rescued by firefighters and taken to the city's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

The emergency services were called at about 16:25 and police, fire and ambulance crews attended.

The lamppost had been fixed to the pavement on Bellshaugh Road, near the junction with Cleveden Drive and Kirklees Gardens.

It landed across the road on Kirklees Gardens, outside the entrance of the school's sixth year centre, blocking access to the street.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said it sent one appliance to the scene after it was called to a "report of a person trapped".

A Police Scotland spokesperson said Bellshaugh Road was closed between Mirrlees Drive and Cleveden Drive. It has since reopened.

Fallen lamppost outside Kelvinside Academy
Glasgow City Council is now understood to be inspecting other lampposts in the area

A Glasgow City Council spokeswoman said: "Officers attended the site and made the area safe."

She added: "The lighting column has been removed and an investigation will be carried out."

The council is understood to be inspecting other lighting columns in the area as a precaution.