Milton Keynes shopping centre to come under health and safety scrutiny after metal roof panel falls on child
Health and Safety experts have been called in to investigate how a roof panel of our shopping centre came to fall off and injure a child today.
Emergency services were called to Midsummer Place at Central Milton Keynes just before 2.30pm this afternoon (Wednesday February 18).
A metal roof panel from the shopping centre had crashed to the ground, injuring a small girl who was passing by with her father, say witnesses.
The shopping centre was busy with shoppers at the time, many accompanied by children on the half-term break.
Police have this evening given a statement, thankfully confirming that the child’s injury was not serious or life-threatening.
A Thames Valley Police spokesperson said: “At approximately 14:27, emergency services attended an incident in which an individual required medical treatment. South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust provided immediate care at the scene, and it has been confirmed that there were no serious or life‑threatening injuries.”
They added: “The matter has been referred for a health and safety investigation.”
Midsummer Place, formerly known as Intu, was built in 2000. The shopping centre cost approximately £170 million to construct.