ManxTaxPayer Posted May 12, 2016 Posted May 12, 2016 A rider has been airlifted to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast with non-life threatening injuries following an incident in final Superbike practice at the North West 200. The competitor crashed at the Mill Road roundabout, bringing out the red flags with around 15 minutes remaining. He was flown to hospital by air ambulance. A statement issued by the organisers said: “A rider has crashed at Mill Road roundabout during the Superbike practice session at the Vauxhall International North West 200 today. “He has sustained non-life threatening injuries and is being taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast by air ambulance.” The first races are set to take place on Thursday evening around the 8.9-mile course on the north coast.
ManxTaxPayer Posted May 12, 2016 Author Posted May 12, 2016 Ryan Farquar and Dan Cooper have just crashed in the supertwins, red flag out for the second time. Hopefully they'll be ok, it didn't look too bad.
ManxTaxPayer Posted May 12, 2016 Author Posted May 12, 2016 Non life threatening injuries again. I can't tell if there's a hint of sarcasm in your post.
Monkey boy Posted May 12, 2016 Posted May 12, 2016 Not at all, just relaying what I'd read on the BBC website, in the absence of any other information it is positive news. I wish them both a speedy recovery.
HeliX Posted May 12, 2016 Posted May 12, 2016 It didn't look too bad. I don't think we watched the same crash.
ManxTaxPayer Posted May 13, 2016 Author Posted May 13, 2016 BBC now reporting Farquhar as 'seriously ill'... Yeah, that's not good.
ManxTaxPayer Posted May 13, 2016 Author Posted May 13, 2016 Looked a bad crash to me Yeah, it did look worse on another viewing, it didn't look too bad live. I suppose it's because the helicopter shot was curtailed so abruptly in order to prevent certain scenes going out on the air, it didn't seem so bad. Vision Nine should take note. The TT is never going to work for live broadcast.
HeliX Posted May 13, 2016 Posted May 13, 2016 Doctors confirm Ryan expected to make full recovery. Thank goodness.
ManxTaxPayer Posted May 14, 2016 Author Posted May 14, 2016 Bad news from the NW200, a rider has been killed in the second Supertwin race and the meeting has been abandoned.
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