Fleetwood man taken to hospital after air ambulance attends home emergency

The air ambulance touched down on The Mount at 10.30am where the crew of medics were met by a waiting ambulance on the Esplanade.

North West Air Ambulance Service said the team had responded to an incident involving a man at a terraced home in nearby Poulton Street, off Poulton Road.

The team of medics rushed to the man's home to administer emergency treatment before he was taken to Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

A spokesman for the air ambulance service said: "We can confirm that we were called out to an incident involving a male in Fleetwood at 10.10 am.

"The incident occurred on private property, and as such, we have no further details at this time."

An ambulance spokesman added: "We were called to the scene at 10.03am. We’ve mobilised two ambulances and an air ambulance to the scene at a private address on Poulton Street.

"One patient has been taken to hospital."

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