A MAN had to be airlifted to hospital after he fell off a barn roof.

The East of England Ambulance Service and the East Anglian Air Ambulance were summoned to the scene of the accident, which took place at a property in Park Farm Lane, Nuthampstead, at just before 4pm yesterday.

The man, believe to be in his 60s was treated and stabilised by land and air ambulance crews before he was flown direct to Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge.