Teenage boy rushed to hospital after falling from flat window near busy Leith road

A teenager has been rushed to hospital after falling from a flat window in Leith.

Emergency services were called to the property on Margaret Thomson Crescent at around 9.40pm on Monday, April 20.

Local residents reported a heavy police presence near the flats and on the nearby Salamander Street, with some officers remaining at the scene this morning (April 21).

A 16-year-old boy was rushed to hospital after falling from a window at a flat on Margaret Thomson Crescent, near Salamander Street in Leith. | Supplied

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 9.40pm on Monday, April 20, we received a report of a person having fallen from a window in the Margaret Thomson Crescent area of Edinburgh.

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“Emergency services attended and a 16-year-old male youth was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

“Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.”

A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call on 20 April to attend an incident on Margaret Thomson Crescent, Edinburgh.

“An ambulance and two resuscitation rapid response units were dispatched to the scene, and one patient was transported to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.”