A 38-year-old mountain biker from Bend may have suffered a broken collar bone after he went over the handlebars on the Flag Line Trail in the Dutchman Flat area.
Edward Wakefield was mountain biking with a friend when he somehow went head over heels. He was wearing a helmet and his friend was able to call 911.
The pair were about 5 ½ miles deep into the trail, but rescuers from Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue didn’t know of their exact location. So three rescue teams on ATVs were sent in from different trailheads in a game of who can find the victim first.
The mountain bikers were located a short time after and the injured man was transported out on an ambu-sled, essentially a trailer on wheels.
He was taken to a local clinic for treatment. He was patched up and released.
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