Passenger taken to hospital after Metro held at South Hylton station
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Operator Nexus confirmed via the @My_Metro Twitter account on Friday, October 30 shortly before 9.30am that there was a gap in the service between South Hylton and Airport stations, due to a passenger needing medical assistance.
A statement said: “A train is being held at South Hylton for a passenger waiting for medical assistance.
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Hide Ad"Due to this we have a gap in the service of up to 15 mins to trains running between South Hylton and Airport.
"Please leave extra time for your journey if you're travelling in the area.”
A spokeswoman for the North East Ambulance Service confirmed to the Echo that a person had been taken to hospital.
She said: “We were called at 9.13am to a person unwell at South Hylton Metro station in Sunderland.
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Hide Ad"We dispatched a double-crewed ambulance and transported a female patient, believed to be in her 40s, to Sunderland Royal Hospital.”