A mountain rescue crew was called out twice in one afternoon after two mountain bike riders were injured just miles apart.
Volunteers from Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team were first contacted by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service at about 1.10pm on May 17, after a young rider was hurt near the Boltby Bash event, close to Kirby Knowle in North Yorkshire.
Team members on stage two of the event reached the rider on foot, while other volunteers arrived in two Land Rovers.
The rider, who had a shoulder injury, was given pain relief at the scene before being placed on a stretcher fitted with a wheel and carried down the hill to the roadside, where they were handed over to the ambulance crew.
A spokesperson said: “The individual had an injured shoulder and was provided appropriate pain relief.
"Once the pain relief reduced the pain score, the individual was loaded onto the team stretcher with the wheel fitted.
"The casualty was transferred down the hill to the roadside for transfer to the ambulance.”
Shortly after completing the call-out, the team received a second emergency call from North East Ambulance Service, this time for another mountain bike rider injured in Guisborough Woods near Highcliffe Farm.
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Team members in the area responded, with volunteers travelling in a Land Rover, but as they approached the scene, they were told the casualty had already been loaded into an ambulance.
A spokesperson said: “We wish both casualties a speedy recovery.”
The team said it was involved for about two hours at Kirby Knowle and around an hour at Guisborough Woods.
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