Reports have come in of a medical incident which is being attended by emergency services in southern Hitchin.
Police were called at 11.56am today (October 5) to assist the ambulance service with a medical incident in Sunnyside Road, Hitchin.
Eyewitnesses in the area have confirmed the presence of the air ambulance and police, saying the occurrence "looks very serious".
The ambulance has landed on Sunnyside Road, near Whitehill Junior School, with access to the immediate area restricted from all directions.
Herts police have confirmed that the patient is a man in his eighties.
Officers from Herts police remain in attendance.
UPDATE: Sadly the man has passed away. His next of kin have been informed.
Herts police have since left the scene.
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