Police rescue person from River Severn at Iron Bridge
A man has been pulled from the river by police in Ironbridge.
Emergency services were called to the incident shortly after 11am – with police, the ambulance service and fire crews all attending.
An update from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said crews from Shrewsbury, Telford Central and Tweedale had been called to an incident with a "person unable to get out of water by The Iron Bridge at Ironbridge".
They said that the person had been pulled from the river by police and was left in the care of the ambulance service.
A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said a man had been taken to hospital.
He said: "We were called to reports of a patient in the water near to Bridge Bank, Ironbridge, at 11.14am. One ambulance and a paramedic officer attended the scene. On arrival we discovered one patient, a man, who following assessment was taken to Princess Royal Hospital."
West Mercia Police has been contacted for comment.
