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Costa Coffee awning collapses at Gillingham High Street shop leaving woman with head injuries

A woman was taken to hospital after an awning outside a coffee shop fell on her.

It happened at 1.45pm this afternoon outside Costa Coffee in Gillingham.

The crowd of people outside Costa Coffee in Gillingham High Street. Picture: Bobby Lockwood
The crowd of people outside Costa Coffee in Gillingham High Street. Picture: Bobby Lockwood

Bobby Lockwood, who was walking past after it had happened in the High Street, said: "There was one woman bleeding from the head and staff were doing first aid.

"It looks like it hit one person.

"The wooden cladding or facade also had nails poking out of it."

The shop awning which fell outside Costa in Gillingham High Street. Picture: Bobby Lockwood
The shop awning which fell outside Costa in Gillingham High Street. Picture: Bobby Lockwood

One ambulance and a response vehicle attended and treated the woman at the scene before taking her to Medway Maritime Hospital.

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