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An ambulance pictured at the funfair(Image: Chronicle Live)<\/p>\nThe emergency services were called out to a fair in Whitley Bay<\/p>\n
18:03, 23 Aug 2025Updated 18:04, 23 Aug 2025<\/p>\n
An ambulance pictured at the funfair(Image: Chronicle Live)<\/p>\n
A funfair has been closed after a person was seriously hurt.<\/p>\n
The emergency services were called out to the Spanish City Summer Funfair in Whitley Bay, in the North East. An air ambulance also responded.<\/p>\n
The ambulance service confirmed a person was ‘seriously injured’, Chronicle Live reports<\/a>. The funfair was busy with families for the bank holiday weekend but the site was closed until further notice, following the incident just before 2.15pm today.<\/p>\n The Great North Air Ambulance Service landed on the grass next to the funfair and quickly rushed to help the injured person.<\/p>\n Never miss a story with the MEN’s daily Catch Up newsletter – get it in your inbox by signing up here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Crews from The North East Ambulance Service also attended the scene and an off duty medic also helped the fairgoer.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for North East Ambulance Service said: “We received a call at 2:13pm this afternoon to reports of a person seriously injured at a funfair ride near Spanish City at Whitley Bay.<\/p>\n “We dispatched a rapid response paramedic, a clinical team leader, an emergency ambulance crew and the air ambulance.<\/p>\n “An off duty medic was also supporting the patient. We are still currently on scene (3:09pm).”<\/p>\n A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: “Shortly after 2.15pm today (Saturday), we received a report of concern for the welfare of a man at Spanish City Summer Funfair in the Spanish City Plaza area of Whitley Bay in North Tyneside.<\/p>\n