Emergency crews descended on the Outer Circle Road area
An air ambulance was sent to the Outer Circle Road area of Lincoln this morning.
Residents said they saw the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance land near to the Lidl supermarket and police were also in attendance.
G-LNAC @Helimed29 landed Outer Circle Road area of Lincoln
— Lincs999Air (@Lincs999Air) July 5, 2018
G-LNAC @Helimed29 repositioning to Lincoln County Hospital HLS
— Lincs999Air (@Lincs999Air) July 5, 2018
A spokesperson for EMAS said: “We received a call at 10:51am to an incident at Bunkers Hill, Lincoln. The caller reported a patient who was unconscious and not breathing.
“We sent a paramedic in a fast reponse vehicle, a double crewed ambulance and the Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire Air Ambulance. One patient was taken to Lincoln County Hospital.”
The patient was taken by land ambulance.
A spokesperson for Lincolnshire Police added: “It was reported to us at 10.59am, but it relates to a medical episode.”
Eyewitness Matt Radcliffe told The Lincolnite: “I saw the helicopter land in the field next to Lidl and the paramedics jumped out and ran to a police van.
“Two other cars joined them and all three drove off with lights on.”
Paramedics were seen going to the police van near to the Lidl supermarket. Photo: Matt Radcliffe
Maps showed significant traffic delays in the area, though this is expected due to recent roadworks.
Photo: Google Maps
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.
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