Mountain biker dies on trail

So much for the alleged health benefits of mountain biking....

Mike


Mountain biker dies on trail
by Compiled by Clarke Morrison
published June 9, 2007 12:15 am
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BENT CREEK — Emergency workers spent at least an hour trying to find a
man who died Friday while riding a mountain bike on a trail in the
Bent Creek area, said Mike Staton, battalion chief at the Skyland Fire
Department.

The man had been riding with a group in an area between Rice Pinnacle
and Ledford Branch Trail.

“He had rode ahead on the trail,” Staton said. “When one of the bikers
got there, they found him off the bike. He was unresponsive.”

He said fellow bikers tried to revive the man as emergency crews made
their way to the area on all-terrain vehicles. A cause of death had
not yet been determined, Staton said. The call was received just
before 11 a.m.

The identity of the man, believed to be in his 50s, had not yet been
released pending notification of family, said Mike Lindsay, chief of
public safety for the N.C. Arboretum.
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years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

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