A patient was rushed to hospital after becoming trapped under a forklift truck at the side of a Batley road.

The air ambulance was called to Bradford Road, Batley, at 4.49pm on Wednesday (April 21) to reports a forklift truck had rolled over, trapping one person.

An ambulance and a rapid response vehicle also responded to the reports.

Police were seen taping off the area around a heavy goods vehicle parked outside Direct Pine & Beds and 1st 4 Windows. YorkshireLive has been told neither company were involved.

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Reports suggest workers had been unloading the lorry at the side of the road when the accident occurred.138208672551

A spokesperson for Yorkshire Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 4.49pm on Wednesday to reports of a forklift truck that had rolled over on Bradford Road, Batley and trapped someone.

"We dispatched an ambulance, a rapid response vehicle, a doctor, two clinical supervisors and the air ambulance to the scene.