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Nottingham Post
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Matthew Bunn & Sebastian Mann

Air ambulance lands near Retford after reports of 'medical emergency'

An air ambulance was called to a Nottinghamshire village on Monday morning, May 30, following reports of a medical emergency. Two ambulances and a paramedic fast response car were also called to the incident in Ordsall, Retford, at about 6.30am.

The Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance was heard landing on the pitch at Bridon Cricket Club. A spokesperson for the East Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed emergency services were called to a private address in Retford, Lincolnshire Live reports.

"The caller reported a medical emergency," he added. "We sent a paramedic in a fast response car and two crewed ambulances.

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"The air ambulance was also in attendance." The spokesperson added that "all of our resources" had left the scene just after 10am that morning.

Police cars were also seen but a spokesperson for Nottinghamshire Police confirmed to Lincolnshire Live that officers were only there to manage a crowd that had formed to look at the helicopter. Eyewitness Eric Walton, 51, estimated that the air ambulance landed around 7.45am and was gone again by 9.40am.

An aviation enthusiast, Mr Walton said he heard the air ambulance fly over his house before it landed on the cricket grounds.

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