Air ambulance called to St Albans football pitch to treat woman

An air ambulance landed on a football pitch in St Albans yesterday (2) morning to treat a woman in her 50s.

An air ambulance landed on a football pitch near Cottonmill Lane, St Albans, on Wednesday morning to treat a woman in her 50s.

Magpas Air Ambulance were called out at 9.15am after a woman slipped on an embankment while she was out walking.

The woman was given pain relief and sedated at the scene after sustaining a serious leg injury.

She was then taken to Watford General Hospital by land ambulance where she is in a stable condition.