Paramedics in eight ambulances and cars attended when a man in his 50s fell 8ft from scaffolding on to a roof in Cliff Road, Kingsdown, yesterday afternoon.

South East Kent Ambulance Service received the call at 3.40pm.

A Community First Responder was first on scene and was joined by two ambulances and a car. The Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) also attended in four separate vehicles.

The man was treated for back and abdominal pain and taken to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford at about 5.30pm.