Air ambulance spotted landing in Cassiobury Park, Watford

Residents wondered online why the Essex & Herts Air Ambulance aircraft had touched down in the park yesterday afternoon (September 20), before it was later filmed taking off again.

A spokesperson for the East of England Ambulance Service has now confirmed it was called out to the area following a crash between a blue Volkswagen Up and a cyclist in St Albans Road in Sandridge, near St Albans, at around 2.42pm.

The air ambulance above Sandridge yesterday. (Image: John Omahony) The incident left a female cyclist in her 50s with a “serious” ankle injury and she was rushed to Watford General Hospital by road.

Police in St Albans Road, Sandridge. (Image: John Omahoney)

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As the air ambulance was not needed, it touched down in the Watford park before returning to base.

It comes just over a week after a helicopter was also seen landing in Cassiobury Park on the afternoon of September 9 after a similar crash in St Albans.

The air ambulance in Cassiobury Park on September 9. (Image: James Nicholls) Two ambulances, an ambulance officer vehicle and the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance to called out after a cyclist was injured in Grove Road at around 4.45pm.

As the male cyclist was also transported by road to Watford General Hospital for further care, the helicopter landed down in Watford before returning to the air base in Essex.