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Gallowgate reopens after ‘man falls’ from Aberdeen high-rise block

Emergency services remain on the scene opposite the North East Scotland College campus.

A man has died following reports of a person falling from a high-rise building in the Gallowgate area of Aberdeen.
Seamount Court. Image: Kami Thomson/DC Thomson

Police have taped off Seamount Court tower block in Aberdeen after receiving reports a man fell this afternoon.

Police were called to the Gallowgate near North East Scotland College at around 3.45pm on Tuesday, August 27.

The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) dispatched an ambulance, a trauma team and resuscitation unit to the scene.

This was following reports that a man had fallen from a high-rise tower block.

Residents on Seamount Court could be seen looking out on the scene from their balconies.

The road has been closed to traffic. Image: DC Thomson.

Officers were seen speaking to witnesses and were patrolling the the area surrounding the block of flats.

The road was closed to buses, cars and pedestrians while the main entrance to the college was also sealed off behind the police cordon.

Gallowgate eventually reopened just before 6pm with the police cordon reduced to around Seamount Court,

Police outside Seamount Court. Image: Kami Thomson/DC Thomson

A blue police tent was spotted towards the back of the tower block.

One resident said: “I was in the living room and didn’t know any of this was happening. It’s shocking.”

Another witness said he believed he saw paramedics performing CPR on the man while he was walking past on the way to the shops, commenting “It’s awful, very shocking to see.”

Police at the scene of the incident in Gallowgate. Image: DC Thomson.

A police spokesperson said: “Around 3.45pm on Tuesday, August 27, police received a report a man had fallen from a building in Seamount Court, Aberdeen.”

A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call at 15:45 to attend an incident at Seamount Court, Aberdeen.

“Two special operations response teams a trauma team and a resuscitation rapid response unit were dispatched to the scene.”

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