The air ambulance was launched to Hempton, near Fakenham, at about 2.30pm on Saturday, December 1.

A spokesman for the East Anglian Air Ambulance said: “We can confirm that the Anglia One helicopter, based at Norwich, was launched.”

A customner at the Bell pub on The Green in Hempton, who did not wish to be named, said: “I saw it flying over Hempton Common at about 2.40pm, but I don’t know where it landed.”

A member of staff at Fakenham Garden Centre in Mill Road, Hempton, said: “I heard it go over, but I don’t know anymore.”

More to follow.