Air ambulance flies patient to hospital after fall on Holy Island
An air ambulance was called to Holy Island to airlift a patient to hospital after a fall.
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The incident happened on Sunday evening when the tidal causeway was closed.
A Great North Air Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “Our critical care team was activated at 5.43pm to reports of a fall in Holy Island. They arrived on scene at 6.21pm and worked alongside the North East Ambulance Service to assess and treat a patient before airlifting the patient to hospital.”
Safe crossing on the causeway had ended at 4.35pm.
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