The Great North Air Ambulance Service helicopter.
A MAN was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after falling from a bicycle.
The 44-year-old cyclist suffered serious head and back injuries following the fall in Dalton-le-Dale, near Seaham.
The Great North Air Ambulance Service crew was alerted at about 11.15am, yesterday.
The man was placed into a medically induced coma before being taken to Newcastle's Royal Infirmary by ambulance. His condition is said to be "critical."
There are no details how the man came to fall off his bike.
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