The man, who West Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed was in a stable condition, was taken to hospital in Hereford by ambulance after emergency crews were called out in force in the city overnight. ALSO READ:The emergency callout had come after a concern for welfare was reported at around 3.20am, the ambulance service spokesperson said, with the man later found and given treatment at the scene before being taken to hospital. A fire service spokesperson said earlier this morning that three Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service crews, one each from Hereford, Ewyas Harold and Fownhope fire stations, were called to a rescue from water at Victoria Bridge. They were joined at the river by Hereford’s water first responders, the boat crews from Hereford and Worcester and the service drone from Ledbury at the scene. A man in his 70s was rescued from the water and handed over to the care of the ambulance service who attended along with police.