POLICE officers, ambulances, the air ambulance and a fire service crew responded to an emergency call around 7pm following an incident at the Ingrebourne Quarry on Buckingham Hill Road near Linford last night (Wednesday, 23 September).

Crews from all services were initially misdirected and sought access to the quarry via Butts Lane and the Maple Park housing estate in Stanford-le-Hope.

Closure of Walton's Farm Road did not help direction finding either, but ultimately, they arrived at the site, where access was gained through the locked entrance after a short time. The incident then became ambulance service-led and after the man had been moved to medical care police and fire officers left the scene.

Thurrock Nub News understands the man was using a motorbike, which was street legal, at the time of the fall.

A spokesperson for Essex County Fire & Rescue said: "Firefighters were called to assist the ambulance service at 6:09pm after a man fell in a quarry.

"Crews helped the ambulance service to treat the man at the scene and helped remove him from the quarry by 7:40pm."

Medical teams then gave assistance to the injured man, though full circumstances of the incident have not been disclosed.

The man was taken to Basildon Hospital for treatment and recovery and has now been released from the hospital.

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