AN elderly man has been hospitalised following an incident in a Harlow this afternoon.

The East of England Ambulance Service was called to Standingford in Harlow at 12.02pm today. Ambulance crews from Cheshunt, Harlow and the trust’s hazardous area response team attended the scene.

Service spokesman Gary Sanderson said: “A man who we believe to be in his 90s was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital for further assessments after inhaling gas.”