Motocross rider airlifted to hospital after jump goes wrong
A motocross rider from the Black Country was airlifted to hospital after crashing into trees when a jump attempt went wrong.
The 25-year-old crashed into the trees before falling into gully after riding over the jump at an off-road track in Meriden yesterday. He ended up sitting against a holly bush in a muddy stream.
Ambulance crews had to wade through mud to rescue the rider after the smash, which happened just off Packington Lane, near the M6, at around 3.40pm.
The biker, who had broken his collar bone and was complaining of head, neck and back pain, was airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman Murray MacGregor said: "When crew arrived they found a man at the bottom of a steep slope in trees.
"Other riders at the track described how the man had come over a jump and then crashed into the trees.
"The man, who comes from the Black Country, was sitting in a muddy stream bed against a holly bush.
"He was complaining of head, neck and back pain and also had a fractured collar bone.
"As well as the steep slope, the ground was so soft that crews sank into mud up to their ankles as they treated the man so they used back boards to give them a hard surface to work from.
"They requested assistance from firefighters to get the man back up the slope and one crew from West Midlands Fire Service and another from Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service attended.
"The firefighters were extremely helpful, clearing a way for the man to be brought back to the top of the slope after he had been immobilised."
