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Nicole Goodwin

Air ambulance called out after man, 20, falls from roof in Northumberland

A man has been airlifted to hospital after falling from a roof in Northumberland.

At 10.30am on Wednesday, emergency services received a report that a man had fallen from a roof at Kirkley Cycles, at Thorneyford Farm, Kirkley.

North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) sent a double crewed ambulance as well as a clinical team leader to the area.

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Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) also confirmed that they were dispatched at 10.54am and arrived on scene at 11.12am.

A 20-year-old man was airlifted to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) at 11.55am. A video shows the aircraft leaving the scene of the incident.

The extent of the man's injuries is currently unknown.

A spokesperson for North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) said: "We were called at 10.30 yesterday morning to an incident in the Kirkley area.

"We dispatched a double crewed ambulance and clinical team leader and a patient was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary by the Great North Air Ambulance."

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