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Paramedics help man after Burnham-On-Sea High Street incident

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The centre of Burnham-On-Sea briefly came to a standstill earlier this week when paramedics were called to treat an elderly man who had collapsed.

Two ambulances were sent to the High Street on Tuesday afternoon (March 18th), as pictured here.

A PCSO from Burnham police performed CPR on the casualty before the ambulances arrived.

South Western Ambulance spokeswoman Melodie Juste confirmed: “We sent two resources to the High Street at 2.25pm.”

“Crews performed CPR at the scene and a 70 year-old male patient was taken to Weston General Hospital.”

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