A roofer was lucky to escape with his life today after scaffolding he was working on collapsed.

The man fell more than 20ft on to concrete as he was working on a house in Bramble Rise, Brighton.

The scaffolding tower fell on to a car parked at the roadside.

The man, thought to be the owner of the roofing company working on the house, was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries.