The air ambulance landed close to Ipswich Town’s Portman Road stadium today after a woman was seriously injured in a fall from a multi-storey car park.
The East Anglian Air Ambulance landed in the Alderman Road recreation ground around 1.45pm today, Monday, January 14, after being called by the ambulance service at around 1.20pm.
A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service has now confirmed a woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
He said: “An ambulance, an ambulance officer vehicle and East Anglian Air Ambulance were called to Portman Road, Ipswich shortly after 1.15pm this afternoon following reports of a woman injured in a fall from the multi-storey car park.
“One patient was transported by road ambulance to Ipswich Hospital with serious injuries.”
A spokesman for Suffolk Constabulary added: “We were called just after 1.10pm today, following reports of a medical emergency in the vicinity of Portman Road.
“A person was taken to hospital by ambulance.”
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