A RIDER competing in a moto-cross event was airlifted to hospital after breaking his leg at Hawkstone race course on Sunday morning.

An ambulance and the County Air Ambulance from Cosford were dispatched to the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “A man in his 20s suffered a fractured left leg after coming off his bike. Crews immobilised him with a neck collar, spinal board and leg splint before he was flown to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for treatment.”