A man has been taken to hospital after a person was found in the water near Carshalton High Street.

London Ambulance Service were called just before 6pm on Sunday (July 14) to reports of a person in the water.

An ambulance crew and a paramedic went to the scene.

The fist paramedics were at the scene in less than six minutes.

A man was treated at the scene and taken to hospital as a priority.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 5.57pm on Sunday 14 July to reports of a person in the water near High Street, Carshalton, SM5.

“We sent an ambulance crew and a paramedic in a first response car to the scene.

“Our first paramedics were on scene in less than six minutes.

“We treated a man at the scene and took him to hospital as a priority.”