Police are investigating an incident in which a man was injured falling from a drainpipe.

The Yorkshire Air Ambulance was called out after the man fell from a building on Serpentine Road, Cleckheaton, next to Tesco at around 3.25pm yesterday.

An air ambulance landed in the supermarket car park but the man is believed to have been taken to hospital by a road ambulance with suspected back injuries.

A police spokesman said: "Police were contacted after a man is believed to have fallen from a property in Serpentine Road, Cleckheaton. He was taken to hospital with a suspected back injury. Enquiries are ongoing."