Paramedics attended to a man after he collapsed near a busy St Albans junction this morning (Friday).

East of England Ambulance Service Trust media officer Adam Gretton said: “We received a call at 8.14am today to Beaumont Avenue to a report of a man who had collapsed in the road.

“An ambulance crew arrived in eight minutes to treat a man in his 50s who had regained consciousness.

He was assessed at the scene, but did not require further treatment or transport to hospital.”

The incident occurred near the double roundabout on Hatfield Road, close to its junction with Beechwood Ave.