Founder of the East Midlands Immediate Care Scheme Dr Nicholas Foster, who was the first medic to attend the Kegworth air disaster, has died

The founder of a scheme which provides volunteer doctors in an emergency has died.

Dr Nicholas Foster helped to set up the Rutland Accident Care Scheme which later became known as the East Midlands Immediate Care Scheme.

The service recruits volunteer doctors who are on call to help in an emergency until the paid professionals arrive.

Co-founder Dr Tim Gray MBE paid tribute to Nicholas, who he described as "kind and considerate".

He said: "Nicholas was a very approachable man. He was very active in promoting the charity and completely committed."

Dr Foster was the first doctor on the scene of the Kegworth air disaster in 1989 when a Boeing 737-400 crashed onto a motorway embankment while trying to make an emergency landing at East Midlands Airport.

During his career he responded to more than 3,500 calls as a volunteer doctor.