Police vans race to Lancaster street in search for missing hospital patient
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Police closed off a Lancaster city centre street on Wednesday afternoon while looking for a missing hospital patient.
Passers-by spotted several police vehicles parked up in Fenton Street, and it is understood the road was also closed off.
Police said they had been helping to look for a patient who had left the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, after hospital staff raised the alarm due to a concern for the patient's safety.
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Hide AdA police spokesman said: "We were called at 4.45pm to a report of a concern for safety at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. A patient had left the hospital and was located safely in Fenton Street at 5.03pm."