Heavy emergency services presence in Llandrindod Wells

One witness said three ambulance vehicles and an air ambulance helicopter were spotted in The Lant area at around 7pm. <i>(Image: Wales Air Ambulance)</i>
One witness said three ambulance vehicles and an air ambulance helicopter were spotted in The Lant area at around 7pm. (Image: Wales Air Ambulance)
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LOCAL residents have reported a heavy presence of emergency services in Llandrindod Wells on Monday evening (September 7).

People living in the spa town reported seeing multiple emergency vehicles responding to some sort of incident just before 7pm.

Witnesses said they saw multiple ambulances, a fire engine and police car in the vicinity of the Metropole Hotel, while several people reported that an air ambulance landed soon after.

One person, responding to a post on Facebook, said they had “never seen so many emergency vehicles in one place”.

One person, who was driving past the scene, on Temple Street, at around 5pm said they saw an ambulance and two ambulance cars, all with their blue lights on.

They then said they saw an air ambulance circling above around 15 minutes later.

Another witness said three ambulance vehicles and an air ambulance helicopter were spotted in The Lant area at around 7pm. The helicopter reportedly took off soon after.

The emergency services have all been approached for comment. More to follow…

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