A LARGE emergency services response was called to a bus in Bournemouth town centre this afternoon.

Multiple ambulances and police vehicles were seen outside a double decker bus in The Triangle in Poole Hill at around 2pm on Sunday, January 14.

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Bournemouth resident Colin Symonds said he saw five ambulances, including doctors' cars, along with police officers and an armed response unit.

Bournemouth Echo: A doctor's car in Poole HillA doctor's car in Poole Hill (Image: Daily Echo)

He said: "The whole bus was empty. There was armed police stepping onto the bus with their guns around their waist."

Dorset Police has since confirmed they were assisting paramedics from South Western Ambulance Service with a medical emergency on the bus.

The county force would not go into any more detail. The road was cleared before 3pm.