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Mike Vandeman
Guest
North Shore News, May 2, 2007
WV teen hurt in mountain bike accident
A West Vancouver teen is in hospital with a serious spinal injury
after crashing his mountain bike on a popular North Vancouver trail.
The 14-year-old was riding with a friend down the Boogie Man bike
trail on Mount Seymour at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday when he went over an
A-frame ramp and landed badly, colliding head-first with the ground.
District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services and B.C.
Ambulance Service teams rushed to the scene and hiked in with a
wheeled stretcher to where the young man had fallen. When they reached
him, he was complaining he couldn't feel his legs. Rescuers wheeled
him back to the parking lot where an ambulance was waiting but the
rugged terrain complicated the operation, stretching the rescue to
more than two hours.
The boy was taken to B.C. Children's Hospital for treatment, and has
since been moved to a special section for spinal cord injuries at
Vancouver General Hospital. Officials have not updated his condition.
Although the trail is a challenging one, the teen was wearing full
protective gear, and is apparently an accomplished rider.
"Of all the falls that happen in the woods, it wasn't a particularly
nasty one," said Assistant Chief Curtis Bremner of the district fire
department. "It's just one of those freak things." - James Weldon
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WV teen hurt in mountain bike accident
A West Vancouver teen is in hospital with a serious spinal injury
after crashing his mountain bike on a popular North Vancouver trail.
The 14-year-old was riding with a friend down the Boogie Man bike
trail on Mount Seymour at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday when he went over an
A-frame ramp and landed badly, colliding head-first with the ground.
District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services and B.C.
Ambulance Service teams rushed to the scene and hiked in with a
wheeled stretcher to where the young man had fallen. When they reached
him, he was complaining he couldn't feel his legs. Rescuers wheeled
him back to the parking lot where an ambulance was waiting but the
rugged terrain complicated the operation, stretching the rescue to
more than two hours.
The boy was taken to B.C. Children's Hospital for treatment, and has
since been moved to a special section for spinal cord injuries at
Vancouver General Hospital. Officials have not updated his condition.
Although the trail is a challenging one, the teen was wearing full
protective gear, and is apparently an accomplished rider.
"Of all the falls that happen in the woods, it wasn't a particularly
nasty one," said Assistant Chief Curtis Bremner of the district fire
department. "It's just one of those freak things." - James Weldon
--
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of!
http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande