Echo/SolentA helicopter has crashed in a subject on the Isle of Wight with one individual airlifted to hospital in a critical situation.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary was known as to the scene close to Shanklin at about 09:24 BST and has closed the A3020 Shanklin Highway.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance stated it handled and airlifted one affected person to the Main Trauma Centre, College Hospital Southampton.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Hearth and Rescue Service stated crews from Newport, Ventnor and Shanklin had been known as to the stories of a “gentle plane incident”.
Echo/Solent4 double crew ambulances, one specialist paramedic in a speedy response automobile, one essential care paramedic and the operational commander had been all on the scene.
It is not but identified if anybody else was injured within the incident.
The Air Accidents Investigation Department (AAIB) has stated it’s “deploying a staff to start an investigation”.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight ConstabularyConservative MP for the Isle of Wight East Joe Robertson requested individuals to keep away from the positioning of the crash.
“The place the helicopter got here down is pretty rural,” Robertson stated.
He added: “It is surrounded by fields and a street that runs from Shanklin and Sandown, that are on the east, fairly well-known for his or her seashores, by to Ventnor within the south, which is a part of the rocky a part of south of the island.
“It’s not in a really populated space, albeit it appears to be pretty near a street that runs between two cities.”
