Shropshire Star

Air ambulance takes collapsed man to hospital

An air ambulance was called after an elderly man collapsed in a town in Shropshire.

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The incident happened outside Ellesmere Market Hall in Scotland Street.

The man was taken to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire in Stoke-on-Trent for treatment.

An ambulance, rapid response vehicle and air ambulance from Staffordshire attended the scene at about 10.30am yesterday.

A spokesman for the West Midlands Ambulance Service said the air ambulance landed at the cricket pitch used by Ellesmere Cricket Club, off Birch Road.