Air ambulance to rescue of injured off-road bikers

Chronicle reader Martin McCann captured the action as paramedics and friends help one of the injured men helped into the helicopter.

AN air ambulance flew two injured men to hospital after they collided with each other while riding off-road bikes.

The men, aged 18 and 22, were riding on waste land at the back of Shaw Road, Higginshaw, when they crashed on Saturday teatime.

The 22-year-old broke his collar bone and walked to the Flowerpot Inn, Higginshaw Lane, to get help for his 18-year-old friend who suffered a broken leg. North West Air Ambulance helicopter airlifted the men away for hospital treatment.

Traffic officers from Greater Manchester Police spent two hours at the scene and removed the bikes.