November 15, 2017 9.25 am This story is over 76 months old

Dramatic scenes as emergency services rescue unconscious person from Boston building

Police closed the road in both directions.

Emergency services used a ladder to rescue a person from the first floor of a building following reports that they were not breathing.

Crews rushed to the scene on West Street in Boston at around 1.35pm on Tuesday, November 14 to pull the person who was having a medical emergency from a window.

Photo: Charles Turner

Lincolnshire Police closed the road in both directions while fire crews used specialist equipment to reach the window on the first floor of the building.

Two ambulances and a paramedic were also at the scene.

The person was taken to Boston Pilgrim Hospital for treatment.

Photo: Charles Turner