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Mountain biker airlifted to hospital with 'serious injuries' after fall in Scottish Borders

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Cops called in the assistance of mountain rescue teams to evacuate the injured biker from the remote location. It's understood the casualty, who was found on an off-road track, had potentially serious chest injuries.A coastguard helicopter was drafted in to rush the biker to hospital amid a 'busy start to the weekend' for rescuers.

In a post on Facebook, Tweed Mountain Valley Rescue said: "Busy start to the weekend when at 16:35 we were called by Police Scotland to assist in the evacuation of an injured Mountain Biker near Innerleithen. "The casualty had potentially serious chest injuries following a fall from their mountain bike and although our team vehicles reached the incident site, the bumpy off-road drive back to tarmac would have.

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