Two people have been taken to hospital after falling into flood waters when a bridge collapsed. A 65-year-old man was airlifted by helicopter to James Cook University in Middlesbrough following the incident at High Askew near Cropton on the North York Moors. Two air ambulances - the Great North Air Ambulance and the Yorkshire Air Ambulance - attended the scene on Thursday afternoon. A Great North Air Ambulance Service spokesman said the man lost consciousness following the fall. A second person was taken to hospital by road. |