Emergency services rushed to an incident in Alverstone this afternoon after reports of a person trapped under a large vehicle.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Police, fire and ambulance crews were scrambled to Kern Lane in Alverstone at around 12:25 pm.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service received information that a person had been trapped under a tractor and mobilised 2 fire appliances from Ryde and 1 from Shanklin to the ordeal which saw 1 person trapped.
A Kent Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance was also scrambled and landed nearby.
2 ambulances from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service, an Ambulance Incident Commander and a Rapid Response Vehicle were also in attendance.
2 police units from Hampshire Constabulary also attended the incident.
The incident occurred on an unmade track that leads off Kern Lane towards Brading Down and involved the tractor in which a person became trapped and has sustained arm injuries.
Emergency services have worked together in a combined effort to free the injured casualty and to secure the farm machinery.
The casualty, who was conscious was seen being put into the air ambulance which departed shortly after 12.33 pm and took the casualty to Southampton General Hospital Trauma Unit.
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