Motocross racing took an unfortunate turn on Sunday as one of the riders crashed, requiring a response from ambulance, Campbell River Fire Department and the RCMP.

At around 2 p.m., a rider crashed after hitting a jump while on the course. The riderB次元官网网址檚 bike was seen flipping through the air, and immediately members of the crowd ran towards the crash site. The race was shut down, and on-site first aid responders attended to the man. Emergency services were called, and arrived on scene at around 2:30 p.m.

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Crews originally were going to request a helicopter to remove the man, but due to the terrain of the course there was no safe place for the helicopter to land. The man was instead taken by ambulance to the Campbell River airport, where the helicopter would be waiting.

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The terrain also made extracting the man from the crash site to a safer area for the ambulance a challenge.

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While on scene the determination was that the man would be airlifted, Holbrook said that could change en route to the airport.

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