Scaffolding collapse caught on video in West London

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Yesterday (9th January 2013) scaffolding collapsed from a high rise building narrowly missing pedestrians in the street below.

Luckily a motorcyclist was filming at the time and caught the terrifying incident on film. The location of this mystery collapse is unknown to ScaffMag other than somewhere in West London.

 

Do you know what happened or where this was filmed ? please let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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