ANOTHER Injured Mountain Biker Had to Be Rescued

http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=8928083

Injured Bend mountain biker rescued from trail

Posted: Aug 30, 2008 08:17 PM PDT

Rescuers assist injured mountain biker near Bend (8/30)
1:38

Search and Rescue crews used maps to determine were injured mtn. biker
was so they could help him out of woods

By Molly Hendrickson, KTVZ.COM and news sources

A Bend man who crashed his mountain bike and was injured on a trail in
the Dutchman Flat area west of Bend was rescued by Deschutes County
Sheriff's Search and Rescue volunteers riding ATVs - but first, they
spent some time trying to find the man in the remote location.


County 911 dispatchers got a cell phone call shortly before 11:30 a.m.
about the injured mountain bike rider on the Flag Line Trail, about 5
½ miles northeast of Dutchman Flag, said Cpl. Wayne Morgan.

Edward Wakefield, 38, an experienced mountain biker, was riding with a
friend when he fell and suffered non-life threatening injuries, Morgan
said. He was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, but was unable
to make his way out on his own, the corporal said in a news release,
adding that "Wakefield said he did not know what happened to cause him
to crash."

Sheriff's SAR volunteers responded to the area with ATVs and medical
team personnel, Morgan said.

"Due to poor accessibility on the trails in the area, three different
rescue teams were sent in from different locations, each attempting to
reach Wakefield's location," Morgan said.

NewsChannel 21 was on the scene at the command post when the efforts
to locate Wakefield were under way. One crew member said he apparently
‘went over his handlebars" in the crash, but was "resting
comfortably."

Early on, they were unsure if he was A team reached Wakefield around 2
p.m., and he was treated at the scene by medics, then taken to Century
Drive by an ATV pulling an "ambu-sled," Morgan said.

A friend took Wakefield to St. Charles Medical Center-Bend for
treatment of a possible broken collarbone, officers said. A nursing
supervisor said he was treated and released.
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