Kirstie Allsopp airlifted to hospital after fall during birthday celebrations
TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp was airlifted to a hospital for leg surgery after a fall during a family holiday in Devon. She expressed gratitude to the emergency responders and hospital staff for their quick assistance.
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Image caption, The Location, Location, Location host had surgery on her leg after the fall
TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp has revealed she was airlifted to hospital for surgery after slipping and injuring her leg while walking home from a beach in Devon on holiday.
The Location, Location, Location host, 55, shared a photo on Instagram , external of her lying in an ambulance with cuts on her face and a breathing tube up her nose.
She explained in the adjoining caption how she had "slipped on a muddy patch on the steep path", while walking back with her family following her birthday celebrations.
"We have a picnic on the beach at Welcombe Mouth, a swim and a walk back to the house for some cake," she wrote of the longstanding family tradition.
It took "a whole host of people to get me to hospital", she added.
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