Air ambulance lands and emergency services flood street after child suffers medical episode

An air ambulance landed and emergency services flooded a street after a young child suffered a medical episode on Tuesday (May 21).

Police and paramedics attended the incident on Mill Street in Beswick after the concern for welfare call was made at around 11.30am. The child, whose age and gender has not been confirmed, was rushed to hospital from the scene.

Emergency services flooded the residential street amid the incident, with an air ambulance also landing on a grassed area outside of the Connell Co-op College.

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Greater Manchester Police said the child suffered a medical episode shortly before 11.30am. Further details about the incident have not yet been confirmed.

The North West Ambulance service confirmed two ambulance attended, along with an incident response vehicle and helimed following the incident at a nearby house.