A 14-year-old Cambridge teenager is in Rotorua Hospital after crashing his bike at high speed yesterday.
The BayTrust Rescue Helicopter was sent to a motocross event 20km north of Taupo yesterday at 9.30am to help treat the teenager.
Initially treated at the scene by a St John paramedic the helicopter crew were sent to help stabilize and transport the patient to Rotorua hospital.
The patient's injuries were reported as serious but was stable we the crew arrived at Rotorua Hospital.
2 comments
Accidents are never nice.....
Posted on 01-11-2015 11:36 | By Jimmy Ehu
Especially ones involving motorbikes, so I have to ask the question if you have to be over a certain age to obtain a road license, how you don't qualify due to age but you can race off road in a sanctioned event with apparently one?, and supposedly fully ACC covered?, I find it rather bizzare that you have a race licence but then cannot ride home on a road legally, what's the go please?, and I hope he makes a full and speedy recovery.
Jimmy...ACC and motorcycles ....
Posted on 01-11-2015 16:22 | By groutby
ACC and motorcycle riders are an enigma to me really. I write to the Minister of Transport and ACC and get the same rhetoric back everytime. Motorcycles and riders are just bad...therefore, even tho many of us (not all, many) are involved in accidents not caused by the rider, but is always to blame, so, we need to 'punish" them by the exorbitant ACC levy put on bikes. However, "off road" incidents almost invited to happen are fully covered by ACC...the riders have no requirement for registration fees as it is not conducted on a public road. Cyclists are also in this category I believe, fully covered by ACC and yet not paying a cent for it! Police are "unable" to give detailed information of cause of accidents so a true picture of the truth is somewhat "masked" to say the least.
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