Woman taken to hospital following 'water incident' in Shrewsbury
A woman was taken to hospital following a water incident in Shrewsbury in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Emergency services were scrambled to English Bridge, at Wyle Cop, at 12.53am to assist with a "possible person in the water."
Thankfully they found a woman who had not entered the river and who was left in the care of police officers and medics.
A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 12.31am to a concern for welfare in Abbey Foregate in Shrewsbury.
"One ambulance and a paramedic officer attended the scene. Upon arrival we found a woman.
"She was assessed by ambulance staff before being conveyed to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for further assessment.”
A spokesman for Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service said: "One appliance was mobilised from Shrewsbury. There was a request from police to assist with possible person in the water.
"One female was left in the care of police having not entered the water."
Fire crews reported an end to their part in the incident at 1.09am.
West Mercia Police have also been asked if they have any further comment.
