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mountain bike injury Pennines
Burscough
A 16-year-old male fell from his mountain bike and sustained injuries to his shoulder and back, including a potentially broken collar bone and spine injury. Mountain rescue volunteers immobilised him on a vacuum mattress and carried him by stretcher to a waiting ambulance, which transported him to Southport hospital.
Outcome: casualty transported by ambulance to Southport hospital
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