A MAN collapsed and fell into the water at a fishery.

The air ambulance joined medical teams at Alderwood Ponds in Steyning shortly after 8.30am yesterday.

The casualty was given emergency treatment at the scene before being taken to Worthing Hospital.

A spokesman for the South East Coast Ambulance Service confirmed that crews and the air ambulance had attended the scene “after a man had reportedly collapsed and fallen into water”.