Off-road biker airlifted to hospital

7:44pm Friday 4th May 2012 in News

The Great North Air Ambulance at the scene The Great North Air Ambulance at the scene

A 26-YEAR-OLD man was airlifted to hospital after being thrown from an off-road bike.

He suffered injuries to his face and arms in the incident in the Tilery area of Stockton at 3pm today.

Paramedics gave him pain relief before he was flown to the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough by the Great North Air Ambulance.

His injuries are not thought to be life threatening, and his condition was tonight described as stable.

Comments(5)

NO EINSTEIN says...
6:29pm Sat 5 May 12

This chap had no legal right to be there.
The air ambulance is a charity, and there having to spend donations for someone who was braking the law.
Lets hope the police charge him, and the Air Ambulance gets compensation for rescuing an illegal off road motorcyclist.
Thank goodness he injured him self and not a third party, as he will not have been insured.

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Colcat says...
8:31pm Sat 5 May 12

NO EINSTEIN I completely disagree. You ARE an Einstein!

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sarahgain93 says...
7:19pm Sun 6 May 12

exuse me? but this man is my brother and ill have you know he was on a OFF ROAD bike which means riding it on a field is ALOUD! so keep you negative comments to yourself. hes lucky to be ALIVE. and you don't even know that your 3year old & 6 year old son seen their dad is some kind of state they can't even recognise him. so keep your horrible opinions to yourself! you heartless waste of space. just sit and think exactly what me and the rest of my family have been through. getting told off the nurse/doctor that he might not have even made it!

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sarahgain93 says...
7:20pm Sun 6 May 12

would have been totally different if it was someone in your family though wouldn't it!

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Colcat says...
11:51pm Mon 7 May 12

Just because the incident occurred in a field does NOT mean that he was allowed to ride there, unless of course you have the permission of the owner of that field. Did he? If he did NOT, which both myself and NO EINSTEIN consider to be the case, then he was trespassing and both you and he should be ashamed of your disregard for the property of others, and quite frankly should be paying for the helicopter and treatment he received as a result of the activities done whilst trespassing.
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Also, if it was the case that he didn't have permission to be on this private land, it suggests that he doesn't actually have anywhere to legally partake of the activity of off-road biking. So I would ask why has he got an off-road bike at all? Isn't that like buying a lorry knowing you don't have an HGV license and that you'd have to break the law to drive it!

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