Person taken to hospital after air ambulance called to Rhyl incident

North Wales Police, the Welsh Ambulance Service, and two air ambulances were called to the matter, at Wellington Road, late yesterday morning.

It caused the road, located near the town’s Marina Quay retail park, to close for a number of hours.

The casualty was taken to Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan.

A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 11.50am to a medical emergency at a premises on Wellington Road in Rhyl.

“We attended with one rapid response ambulance, one land ambulance and were assisted by Wales Air Ambulance.

“One patient was later conveyed via land ambulance to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd.”

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Air ambulance lands in Rhyl as road closed following 'medical incident'

A Wales Air Ambulance spokesperson added: “I can confirm that the Wales Air Ambulance attended an incident in the Rhyl area on Thursday morning (February 2).

“A team from Caernarfon and Welshpool were allocated at 11.51am and arrived at the scene by air at 12.14pm.

“Our involvement concluded at 2.18pm.”

A North Wales Police spokesperson said that the force was in attendance to “assist with the landing of the air ambulance."

The air ambulance lands in Rhyl (Image: Robert Riley Photography)

An eyewitness told the Journal: "I heard the first helicopter and saw it landing; I then went to look at the helicopter, and then police showed up, blocking off the road.

"We then heard the second helicopter landing. I'm not sure what has happened, though.

"The second landed, and members of that crew also headed to the scene. The road is still blocked, and both helicopters remain here."

A second eyewitness added: "I saw the first helicopter land at 12.15pm and a few members of the air ambulance leave the helicopter heading towards the scene.

"Then the police arrived next to Farmfoods, where the helicopter had landed; police were speaking to the helicopter pilot.

"I heard the pilot say a second helicopter would be landing, too."