AN emergency incident has occurred in Chard, leading to multiple ambulances and an air ambulance responding and conveying a patient to hospital in Taunton.
On Tuesday, February 25, at around 2.13pm an emergency incident occurred in Chard Highstreet leading to the response of the South Western Ambulance Service and multiple ambulances attending the scene. An air ambulance was also called.
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The Chard Highstreet road was partially blocked due to multiple ambulances taking up one lane with authorities helping with traffic management.
A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said: “We were called at 14.13hrs on Tuesday, February 25 to an incident in Chard.
"We sent two double-crewed land ambulances, an air ambulance, an operations officer and a first responder to the scene; we conveyed one patient by land ambulance to Musgrove Park Hospital.”
A spokesperson for Great Western Air Ambulance Charity confirmed: “Our crew were tasked to an incident in Chard at 14.13 on 25.2.25. They responded by helicopter [a replacement yellow and blue helicopter whilst GWAAC's green and blue helicopter is having planned maintenance] with a Critical Care Doctor and Specialist Paramedic on board. They treated a patient on scene, before the patient was conveyed by ambulance to hospital for further treatment."
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