Great Yarmouth: One person taken to hospital after beach inflatable incident

A witness told the BBC the inflatable slide "rolled over" in a "freak gust of wind"

One person has been taken to hospital after an incident involving an inflatable slide on a beach.

Police, paramedics, the coastguard and the ambulance service attended Great Yarmouth beach in Norfolk at about 13:00 BST.

Two witnesses said the slide "rolled over" in a "freak gust of wind" and was blown about 50m (164ft) along the beach.

A spokeswoman for the ambulance service said one patient was taken to hospital.

The area has been cordoned off by police officers.

Three police cars, an ambulance, a paramedic rapid response vehicle and coastguard patrol officers were at the scene

In a statement Great Yarmouth Borough Council said it had been "made aware of an incident...involving an inflatable" on the beach.

"Environmental health officers have attended the site and commenced an investigation under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, liaising with Norfolk Police," the statement said.

In 2018, three-year-old Ava-May Littleboy died when an inflatable trampoline exploded at nearby Gorleston beach in Norfolk.

Last year, coroner Jacqueline Lake wrote to the British Standards Institution and asked them to improve the safety of beach inflatable equipment.

The slide was being inflated when the incident happened, a witness told the BBC