Man injured in mountain bike crash at park
Published 11:14 pm Monday, May 20, 2019
Rowan Rescue uses an Argo Avenger all-terrain vehicle to transport a patient across the tracks. Bernadine Hernandez/Salisbury Post
The biker is transported across the tracks after he fractured his leg in a bike crash on a trail at Salisbury Community Park. Bernadine Hernandez/Salisbury Post
The patient gives a thumbs up. Bernadine Hernandez/Salisbury Post
The patient's wife walks behind the ATV used to transport her husband. Bernadine Hernandez/Salisbury Post
A Rural Hall man was injured Monday in a mountain bike accident, according to Locke Fire Chief Rusty Alexander.
The 63-year-old man and his wife, who said she was walking while her husband was biking, were at Salisbury Community Park.
Rescue personnel were not able to reach the man through the park, located at 935 Hurley School Road, but had to relocate to the 400 block of Majolica Road, across from Old Carolina Brick Co. and nearby railroad tracks.
Crews had to hike 1.5 miles into the woods.
The biker fractured his lower leg, Alexander said. He had to be carried out of the woods on a stretcher and a utility vehicle.
Locke Fire Department, Woodleaf Fire Department, Rowan Rescue Squad and Rowan EMS responded.
