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Rider taken to hospital after Vancouver Island motocross crash

First responders debated using helicopter, but Campbell River area terrain proved challenging
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Campbell River Fire Department provided support to the ambulance crew at the site. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror

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.

B次元官网网址淎nytime EHS comes out here they tap us out to help just in case they need more man power, which in this case they did,B次元官网网址 said Capt. Bruce Holbrook of the Campbell River Fire Department.

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.

B次元官网网址淣ormally, we would set up the landing zone for the helicopter after we deal with them and where they want to go. In this case itB次元官网网址檚 the airport,B次元官网网址 Holbrook said. B次元官网网址淯sually we work with RCMP to try and figure the safest landing zone, but when you look at the terrain and stuff here and the sand itB次元官网网址檚 a bit of a challenge.B次元官网网址

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

B次元官网网址淲e did have to pack him out a little bit to where we could actually drive into with the ambulance.B次元官网网址

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

B次元官网网址淗opefully itB次元官网网址檚 only a few broken bones and heB次元官网网址檒l be back racing in no time.B次元官网网址

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A fellow rider returns the damaged bike to the pit area. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
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First Aid workers and good samaritans await the ambulanceB次元官网网址檚 arrival. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror


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