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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. -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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