Man seriously injured after fall from roof of home in Poole

Officers were called to a concern for welfare in Frobisher Avenue, in the Wallisdown area of Poole, late on Saturday night, March 2. 

Witnesses reported seeing a fire engine and police officers around the house on the corner with Scott Road. 

They said the officers engaged with the man throughout the night before he fell off the roof at around 10.40am on Sunday. 

He was taken into the care of paramedics and to hospital. 

Resident Norman Marsh said: “I saw a fire engine parked outside on the corner at about midnight and then the next morning, I woke up at 10, went to look outside my bedroom window and there were police everywhere. 

“Earlier, there were more ambulances, more police and a fire engine with one of those turntables which was on the corner." 

Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service sent three fire engines from stations in Redhill Park, Westbourne and Springbourne.

A number of ambulances and police cars and vans were also seen.

One woman said she saw a person on the roof all night. “There were around 20 emergency service workers there all throughout the night,” she said.  

Another woman added: “It’s a quiet area. We’ve lived here for over 25 years and there has never been any trouble before.” 

A spokesman for Dorset Police said a call came in at 11.15pm on Saturday to a “disturbance” in a home in Frobisher Avenue, Poole. 

“Reports were subsequently received raising concern for the welfare of a man on a roof at the property,” he said. 

“Officers attended, along with the fire and ambulance services, and efforts were made to engage with the man and take him to safety. 

“It was further reported at around 10.40am that the man had fallen from the roof. He was taken to hospital for treatment to serious injuries. We do not have any further condition update at this time. 

“Members of the public are advised that there will be an increased police presence in the area as enquiries are carried out.” 

A spokeswoman for Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "We were called to Frobisher Avenue, Poole at 11.54pm on Saturday (2 March) to support a complex police incident.

"We initially sent three crews, from Redhill Park, Westbourne and Springbourne; at approx. 5am, we had crews from Westbourne and Christchurch on scene, together with the aerial ladder platform from Westbourne and a technical rescue team from Poole; at 8.30am, we had scaled back to a crew and the aerial ladder platform from Westbourne; then a crew from Christchurch replaced the one from Westbourne at approx. 10.45am. Our stop was then at 11.01am."