UPDATED:L AIR AMBULANCE LANDS AT WESTRIDGE TO AID MEDICAL EMERGENCY

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has touched down at Westridge on the outskirts of Ryde this morning (Sunday) in response to a medical emergency. The yellow and green helicopter landed in the grounds of the golf club at 11:45 having been alerted to an emergency – thought to be at nearby Tesco supermarket – at around 11:30. The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service is in attendance, with an ambulance crew now rendezvousing with the flying medics. Police have also been involved in this morning’s incident. UPDATE – The air ambulance has now lifted off, flying the patient directly to Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham with what is thought to be a cardiac issue.