Air ambulance lands in Hartlepool and patient taken to James Cook University Hospital

A spokesman for the North East Ambulance Service confirmed that the team received a call at around 11.10am on Saturday to a private address in the town to treat a patient with a medical condition.

The patient was then transported to James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, by paramedics.

The air ambulance was spotted near to The Hourglass pub in Hartlepool, on Eaglesfield Road.

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