Good Samaritans help ‘unconscious’ man in Bishop’s Stortford before emergency services arrive

Good Samaritans stepped in to help a man who passed out close to Bishop’s Stortford railway station.

Alex Murdoch, who was making his way home, and two Greater Anglia staff found the man between Anchor Street and Station Road.

Mr Murdoch fetched a defibrillator from the nearby Nuffield Health pool and gym in case it was needed, and police and the East of England Ambulance Service were called.

It is believed that the man, who initially appeared to be “unconscious”, was intoxicated. He later moved to Station Road and was taken to hospital after the emergency services arrived.

Hertfordshire Constabulary confirmed officers were called at 11.24am on Monday (June 16) after reports of concern for the welfare of a man in Anchor Street, Bishop’s Stortford.

A spokesman said: “Officers attended the scene along with colleagues from the East of England Ambulance Service, who took the man to hospital.”