A woman has been taken to hospital following an incident in Ipswich this afternoon. 

Emergency services, including an air ambulance, were called to Deben Road just after 2pm following reports of a woman with a medical emergency. 

A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service said one woman was transported by road ambulance to Ipswich Hospital. 

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Eye witness Elliot Steward said the air ambulance landed at the park in Bramford Lane at 2.20pm and left the scene just after 3.45pm. 

It is believed medics were driven to the scene on Deben Road by other residents.

Mr Steward also said police in the park to keep school children away from the helicopter before it took off.