1 Nov 2014

Motocross rider injured during race

7:11 pm on 1 November 2014

An 18-year-old Hastings motocross rider had to be airlifted to hospital after he seriously fractured his leg while competing in an endurance race.

The motocross rider was airlifted to hospital.

The motocross rider was airlifted to hospital. Photo: Supplied / TECT Rescue Helicopter

The man fell off his bike part way through the race in the Tahorakuri Forest, northeast of Taupo, early this afternoon.

He was now recovering in Rotorua Hospital.