Injured Mtn. Biker Rescued West of Bend
POSTED: 9:15 am PDT September 23, 2011BEND, Ore. -- A mountain biker from Wisconsin who was injured trying to make a jump on a trail west of Bend Thursday evening was rescued by officers and volunteers, authorities said.Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies and Search and Rescue, as well as Oregon State Police, were dispatched around 6:15 p.m. to the report of an injured mountain biker on the Tiddlywinks trail, out of Wanoga Sno-Park, said sheriff’s Deputy Rhett Hemphill.They learned Perry Hertler, 40, of Milwaukie, had been riding his mountain bike down the trail when he failed to negotiate a jump he’d gone over and fell, causing serious injury, Hemphill said. A friend riding with him was able to call 911 and give their location.Two sheriff’s deputies, an OSP trooper and seven SAR members responded by mountain bike, ATV and on foot, he said.Hertler was located and treated on scene by SAR medics, then placed in a wheeled “ambu-sled” and taken by ATV to the Wanoga Sno-Park, where he was moved to a waiting AirLink helicopter.Hertler was flown to St. Charles Medical Center-Bend with non-life-threatening injuries and released overnight, hospital officials said.
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