An air ambulance landed near to the grounds of Knowsley Safari Park today, emergency services have confirmed.
The North West Air Ambulance service was called out to an incident in Knowsley early this afternoon, Sunday April 16. The incident took place on private grounds believed to be within the Knowsley estate, near to Knowsley Safari park.
Video shared with the Liverpool ECHO shows a stationary air ambulance helicopter in a field with two fast response ambulance vehicles driving along a road believed to be within the Knowsley Estate.
Photos taken by the ECHO show the air ambulance in flight leaving the area at around 2.30pm.
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The incident is said to have occurred near to Knowsley Safari Park. A representative for the attraction said that it did not take place on its own grounds but nearby.
There had been reports that the park’s rhino enclosure was closed today but the representative said that this was pre-planned and had nothing to do with the air ambulance landing nearby .
Staff at Knowsley Safari park told the ECHO this afternoon that the remainder of the park was fully operational and no different from a normal working day.
No further details about the incident that led to the air ambulance being called have been revealed at this stage.
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