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Air ambulance lands in Burnham-On-Sea field to help patient

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An air ambulance landed in Burnham-On-Sea on Wednesday afternoon (October 4th) to help a patient during a medical emergency.

The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance landed on the fields at the BASC Ground at 12.25pm.

Paramedics onboard assisted several land ambulance crews with a patient nearby requiring assistance.

The crew then returned to the aircraft before the helicopter lifted off without a patient onboard at around 1.40pm.

A spokesperson said: “Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance was tasked to an incident which was reported as an elderly female who had suffered a fall. The patient was subsequently taken to hospital by road ambulance after being treated by our team.”

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