Air Ambulance Airlifts Patient To Hospital Following Sandown Seafront Emergency

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has confirmed that it was dispatched to a medical emergency in Sandown yesterday afternoon (Tuesday).

The air ambulance was tasked at 15:34 to an incident on the town’s seafront.

The helicopter, which took off from its Thruxton base, landed at Fort Street Car Park after circling above The Bay.

Critical care medics then made their way on foot to join colleagues from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service on Culver Parade.

A Critical Care Team made up of two doctors and an advanced paramedic treated a patient at the scene before airlifting them to hospital for further treatment.

The incident is understood to have taken place near the OYO Hotel on Culver Parade.

The nature of the medical emergency has not been disclosed.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance is currently in the process of relocating to a new, larger base on the outskirts of Southampton.