Published: January 24, 2008
Injured walker air-lifted to hospital after fall on Burnham cycle path

An injured walker was air-lifted to hospital after suffering a suspected dislocated shoulder in a fall on a riverside cycle path in Burnham-On-Sea this week.

The Devon and Somerset air ambulance landed besides the River Brue - as pictured above - on Tuesday afternoon (January 22nd) before flying the injured pensioner to Weston-super-Mare General Hospital.

Paramedics treated the man at the scene after he'd fallen awkwardly and suffered a painful shoulder injury along the cycle path, almost quarter of a mile from Burnham Yacht Club.

Melodie Juste, spokeswoman for South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust, told Burnham-On-Sea.com: "We were called to the river cycle path at 2.07pm after a male in his 80s was knocked over by his dog."

"A rapid response vehicle and an ambulance were sent to the scene, and the air ambulance was called to take the man to hospital."

The man was understood to be recovering in hospital. One eyewitness told Burnham-On-Sea.com that the ambulance teams had found it difficult to reach the casualty due to a set of new bollards recently introduced along the cycle path.

Air ambulance photo from J.C. Woods for fundraising purposes