Ten people reported ill - one man taken to hospital - after mysterious incident in Nuneaton street

One man has been taken to hospital and nine other people have been assessed and discharged at the scene following an incident in Nuneaton this afternoon (Tuesday).

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to reports of numerous people feeling unwell on Newdegate Street at 12.25pm and sent three ambulances, a paramedic officer and the Trust’s Hazardous Area Response Team to the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Crews arrived to find ten patients complaining of feeling unwell.

“One of them, a man, was assessed and treated at the scene before being taken to George Eliot Hospital in a stable condition.

“The remaining nine patients, six women and three men, were assessed and discharged at the scene.”