UPPER LAKE, Calif. – A dirt bike rider had to be flown to a regional trauma center on Thursday after he was injured in a crash on a forest trail.
An initial incident report from the California Highway Patrol said the crash occurred shortly after 1 p.m. in the area of Elk Mountain and Middle Creek roads.
It involved a 32-year-old male subject who was riding a dirt bike. The rider's name was not immediately available.
Northshore Fire Protection District firefighters responded, according to Fire Chief Jay Beristianos, who also was on scene.
Beristianos said the motorcycle rider was on Forest Trail No. 10 when he was injured.
A Forest Service employee transported the man on a quad motorcycle to Elk Mountain Road, where Northshore Fire picked him up, Beristianos said.
Beristianos said firefighters then took the man to Howard Mill Station, where an air ambulance met them.
The crash victim was flown to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with moderate injuries, Beristianos said. The CHP indicated that the mans' injuries may have included a punctured lung.
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