A man was airlifted to hospital after collapsing at Ashness Bridge
A man was airlifted to hospital after collapsing at a Lake District beauty spot.
The man, in his 70s, was helped by North West Ambulance Service and the Great North Air Ambulance after suffering a medical collapse at Ashness Bridge, near Derwentwater, soon after 11am today.
He was flown to the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle in a life-threatening condition.
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