Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue were called to help an injured mountain biker in Hamsterley Forest Picture: TWSMRT
A MOUNTAIN biker was taken to hospital with "serious head injuries" after coming off his bike in a forest.
The man came off his bike while riding in Hamsterley Forest, in County Durham, on Saturday.
It happened at about 1pm and Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team (TWSMRT) was called to assist the North East Ambulance Service to get him out of the forest.
A TWSMRT spokesperson said: "The team called to assist NEAS evacuating a mountain biker in Hamsterly Forest who had come off his bike and suffered serious head injuries.
"The cyclist was evacuated down to a NEAS ambulance for transportation to hospital."
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