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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Beth Abbit

Man seriously injured after falling at off-road biking centre

A man was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after falling from a bike at a Rochdale leisure park.

The man suffered injuries to his arm and back after falling at the off-road biking centre Cowm Leisure, in Whitworth, on Sunday afternoon (August 23).

Ambulance crews - including the air ambulance - attended and the patient was taken to hospital by road ambulance, the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) said.

A NWAS spokesperson said: “We received a call at 2.53pm yesterday (August 23) to attend to someone who had reportedly fallen from a bike.

“We sent an ambulance, an air ambulance, an advanced paramedic and the hazardous area response team (HART) to the scene and treated a male patient reportedly in his 30s for serious injuries – specifically injuries to the patient’s arm and back.

“We took the patient to hospital by road ambulance.”

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