A person has been taken to a major trauma centre after an air ambulance landed on Hampstead Heath this afternoon.

London Ambulance Service (LAS) confirmed crews were called at 12.54pm today - December 22 - to reports of an incident on Willow Road in Hampstead.

The service sent an ambulance crew, a medic in a car, a clinical team leader, an incident response officer, and London's Air Ambulance.

Ham & High: The London Ambulance Service sent crews by road and airThe London Ambulance Service sent crews by road and air (Image: Archant)

A LAS spokesperson said: "We treated a person at the scene and took them to a major trauma centre."

Eyewitness Donald, who asked to withhold his surname, said he saw the air ambulance at 1.20pm and it was gone by 1.40pm.

Ham & High: A person was taken to a major trauma centre from Hampstead this afternoon - December 22.A person was taken to a major trauma centre from Hampstead this afternoon - December 22. (Image: Archant)