A MAN was taken to hospital after threatening to throw himself off the roof of a shopping centre car park yesterday afternoon.

The man, in his 40s, also said he had taken an overdose of pills when he was spotted at the Arndale Centre, in Accrington.

He was outside the Superdrug store, making his way to the car park when customers reported him to centre management, saying that he was in a ‘distressed condition’.

Centre boss Zain Kiyani called the police and ambulance service and he was taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital to be checked over.