The ambulance service has confirmed why an air ambulance was seen in Watford.

Yesterday afternoon (October 13), the Watford Observer received reports that an air ambulance was circling the Watford Heath area and landed at around 2pm.

A spokesperson for the East of England Ambulance Service has now explained that they were called at around 1.15pm to a crash involving a pedestrian on Grover Road.

They said: "An ambulance, ambulance officer vehicle and the East Anglian Air Ambulance were sent to the scene.

"An adult man was transported by road to Watford General Hospital for further assessment and treatment."

An Essex and Herts Air Ambulance(Image: )

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Everything we know so far after Watford stabbing leaves man fighting for life

The helicopter's presence was unrelated to a heavy emergency services presence elsewhere in town after a stabbing in West Watford on Sunday evening (October 12).

Police found a 34-year-old man near an address in Franklin Avenue with wounds to his neck and another under his arm.

He was taken to hospital via air ambulance and is in a critical condition, police said.

The force believe it was an isolated incident involving people known to one another.