Man in hospital after backflip off bridge into river

A man was taken to hospital with a punctured lung after back-flipping off a bridge into the River Wyre at Garstang.

- by Matthew Calderbank

The man, aged in his 30s, was left coughing up blood after the reckless stunt near Garstang Cricket Club - the same spot where a 15-year-old boy drowned after leaping into the river in May.

His partner said she was immediately concerned after he hit the water with some force and she saw “the pain in his eyes”.

He was “bleeding from his mouth and coughing up blood” as he pulled himself out of the river. His partner rushed him to hospital where he collapsed in A&E.