Air Ambulance Scrambled

Rider who was going for 'big air' ends up being air 'lifted' to hospital

A man who was riding a scrambler motorbike in a Staffordshire quarry and was going for a ‘big air’ jump has ended up being air ‘lifted’.

The incident happened in Lordsley Quarry, at the end of Lordsley Lane, near Loggerheads at around 11.30am on, Wednesday 15th February. Initially a rapid response vehicle and the CFR scheme from Ashley & Loggerheads were dispatched to the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The initial location of the incident was not particularly clear.  After getting their vehicles as far as they could, the paramedic and husband and wife CFRs had to walk almost a mile to the scene.

 On arrival they found a man in his 30s, from the Madeley area of Staffordshire, who had been attempting a jump when he separated from his bike whilst about six feet up in the air. The man had suffered suspected fractures to his right lower leg and pelvis. He was immobilised using a neck collar and spinal board. 

"Due to the location of the incident, an air ambulance had been requested and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford attended and was able to land close to the site of the crash. The man was given pain relief and was flown to University Hospital of North Staffordshire.”