Air ambulance called after driver falls ill in Cumbria
A man was airlifted to hospital after falling ill at the wheel.
The man, in his 50s, was taken at Thirlmere at 8.30am today.
He was assessed and treated by the Great North Air Ambulance doctor-led crew before being flown to the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle.
He arrived in a stable condition after a 10-minute flight.
Soon afterwards the crew airlifted a man in his 20s, who was involved in a crash on the A66 near Penrith this morning, from the Carlisle hospital to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle for specialist treatment.
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