THE Yorkshire Air Ambulance had the busiest weekend in its history when the Tour de France Grand Depart came to North Yorkshire - and now the dramatic stories of some of the victims are being featured in a BBC programme.

The air ambulance rescued 31 people between Friday, July 4 and Sunday,, July 6 last year, the greatest number for a weekend in the 14 years since the service was launched.

The victims included a woman who fell through a roof while trying to get a better view of the race, a teenager who fell into the road and was run over by a support vehicle and a keen young cyclist who had a horrific crash and went over the top of a bridge.

Their stories are being featured on a new BBC One 999 series on Friday, February 20 and Monday, February 23 at 11am.

Among them is Henry Wood, a keen cyclist, was badly injured when he lost lost control as he was going down a steep hill near Harrogate. The 14-year-old, from Warwickshire, went over the wall of a bridge and fell 15 feet onto a stony riverbank.

He was airlifted to the trauma unit at Leeds General Infirmary with concussion and cuts to his head, along with massive bruising but no major injuries.

After several weeks recovering he was back in the saddle.

Mother-of-two Sally Hartley, 49, from Skipton fell 20ft through plastic sheeting and hit her head on concrete below, after she climbed onto a roof in the town where hay bales had been put up.

She suffered severe concussion and lower back injuries and was airlifted to hospital, but did not suffer major physical injuries.