Man taken to London hospital after emergency services called to Margate

Emergency services, including the air ambulance, have attended a report of an injured man in Margate today (October 11).

A Kent Police spokesperson said: “Kent Police was called to a report that a man had been found injured at a (House of Multiple Occupation) in Buenos Ayres at 3.20pm.

“Officers attended along with South East Coast Ambulance Service and the air ambulance and the man was taken to a London hospital by ambulance.”

Enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the incident remain ongoing and officers remain at the scene.

Previous incident

It is the second emergency services call to the road in less than a week. On Tuesday (October 6) police were called to an assault.

Victim 77-year-old Sidney Collier later died of his injuries.

David Harris, 61, of Buenos Ayres, who is believed to have been known to the victim, was arrested and charged with murder. He is next due to appear in court on Thursday 5 November.