BMX rider airlifted after crash in Telford woods
A BMX rider was airlifted to hospital with serious neck injuries after coming off his bike in Shropshire.
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West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to woods near Ice House Close, Apley, Wellington, Telford at 11am yesterday after the man in his 20s came off his bike. An ambulance and a paramedic officer also attended.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "The patient was immobilised with the use of a neck collar and spinal board and given pain relief before being airlifted to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire."
