Biker's 'traumatic' crash and rescue caught on camera

The latest episode of Yorkshire Air 999 aired last Friday on Really and discovery+ and followed the Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) team as it responded to a mountain biker who suffered multiple traumatic injuries after crashing on a secluded bike trail in Middleton Park, Leeds.

- by Charles Gray

Darren Steel, 51, was enjoying a bike ride with friends at Leeds Urban Bike Park when his front wheel caught in a ditch. Thrown from his bike, Darren crashed into a wooden post and sustained multiple traumatic injuries that made it painful and difficult to breathe.

Following a 999 call, YAA's Nostell-based Critical Care Team, comprised of Paramedic Stew Ashburner-Mcmanus and Dr Alex Bell, was dispatched and arrived within five minutes. En route, the Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) was also dispatched to assist with Darren's extraction owing to the steep and challenging terrain.