Man injured in West Yorkshire prompts air ambulance response

Yorkshire Air Ambulance attended to a man who had been injured in West Yorkshire today (Saturday).

An ambulance and air ambulance attended to a man who had got his foot trapped in the Knottingley area of Wakefield.

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The service was called at around 3:20pm today to the incident by the side of a river.

The patient was transferred to Pinderfields hospital by land in the ambulance with reports of a lower leg injury.

A spokesperson for Yorkshire Ambulance Service said: "We got a call at 15:18 to reports of a male with his foot trapped.

"We sent an ambulance and the air ambulance was also in attendance.

"The patient was transferred to Pinderfields hospital by land with reports of a lower leg injury."

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