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ANOTHER Injured Mtn. Biker Rescued West of Bend, Oregon
"Jumps" obviously don't belong on trails.... DUH!
Mike http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbc...ategory=NEWS01 Injured mountain biker rescued Published: September 24. 2011 4:00AM PST A mountain biker who injured himself while riding near the Wanoga Sno Park was rescued Thursday evening, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said. Perry Hertler, 40, of Milwaukee, was riding down the Tiddlywinks Trail when he failed to negotiate a jump, seriously injuring himself. A friend who had been riding with him called 911 and directed rescuers to their location. Hertler was treated at the scene and flown to St. Charles-Bend for serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. http://www.ktvz.com/news/29279571/detail.html Injured Mtn. Biker Rescued West of Bend From KTVZ.COM News Sources POSTED: 9:15 am PDT September 23, 2011 BEND, Ore. -- A mountain biker from Wisconsin who was injured trying to make a jump on a trail west of Bend Thursday evening was rescued by officers and volunteers, authorities said. Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies and Search and Rescue, as well as Oregon State Police, were dispatched around 6:15 p.m. to the report of an injured mountain biker on the Tiddlywinks trail, out of Wanoga Sno- Park, said sheriff’s Deputy Rhett Hemphill. They learned Perry Hertler, 40, of Milwaukie, had been riding his mountain bike down the trail when he failed to negotiate a jump he’d gone over and fell, causing serious injury, Hemphill said. A friend riding with him was able to call 911 and give their location. Two sheriff’s deputies, an OSP trooper and seven SAR members responded by mountain bike, ATV and on foot, he said. Hertler was located and treated on scene by SAR medics, then placed in a wheeled “ambu-sled” and taken by ATV to the Wanoga Sno-Park, where he was moved to a waiting AirLink helicopter. |
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