“A specialist Air Ambulance Victoria helicopter crew, Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance, MICA, and Advanced Life Support, ALS, paramedic crews assessed and treated one patient at the scene,” the spokesperson said.
“A teenage boy with an upper body injury was airlifted to the Royal Children’s Hospital in a critical condition.”
Royal Children’s Hospital officials yesterday confirmed the boy remained in a critical condition.
Horsham Motorcycle Club secretary Kenny Watts said the club had been in contact with the boy’s family subsequent to the event.
“I’ve been speaking to the father and he was very grateful for the medics who were on hand looking after his boy,” he said.
“The club has been in contact with the family and we wish the rider all the best.”
Mr Watts said the incident was an unfortunate accident.
“It was an incident where two riders accidentally clashed while landing their motorbikes, and unfortunately the young fella hit the ground hard,” he said.
“They clipped on the down ramp while landing. Two bikes clipped and it’s no one’s fault – it’s just an accident.”
Police gave the club permission to continue the event once the boy had been evacuated.
Mr Watts said the club did its utmost to ensure the safety of riders at all events.
“We don’t muck around with our riders’ health – our priority is having the best medical treatment available on site,” he said.
“The safety of our riders is paramount for us.
“This is just an unfortunate incident. We never like seeing riders injured, but no matter what you do there is always going to be a little element of risk of being hurt as a consequence of doing the sport we enjoy doing.”
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