A person has been taken to hospital after a medical incident on a building site. 

Firefighters and ambulance crews were alerted to the incident near Roman Way in Long Melford at about 9am on Thursday. 

A person was reported to be suffering chest pains at height.

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"We sent our Hazardous Area Response Team (HART), an ambulance and an ambulance officer vehicle," said a spokesperson for the East of England Ambulance Service said.

"One person was taken to Colchester General Hospital for further care."