UPDATE: Motorcyclist who was airlifted to hospital after accident in Yarrow thanks ‘guardian angel’

On Facebook, Tom said he did not lose consciousness nor was he ever not alert.

“I went down the bank and landed hard into some jagged boulders. Thankfully they brought me to a stop earlier,” he said. “I just remained coherent to PPT (person, place and time in medical terminology). I work in the medical field… kinda. I remember flying through the air a foot or so.”

He says a bystander who was right behind him called 9-1-1 to notify authorities.

“I remember hollering to the bystander who was right behind me. Stating who I was. Stating I’m not ok. She was a guardian angel. She called 9-1-1,” Tom said. “Fire department was great with the rescue. Down to me to comfort and check on me. Then onto a board with a rope system. Up a ladder I went. Paramedics felt I was too critical to go by ground. Flight crew agreed.”

Original story below:

CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson says a motorcyclist was airlifted to hospital Tuesday evening after he appeared to lose control of his vehicle, causing him to go approximately 20 feet down a hill in Yarrow.

According to a statement from RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Alexandra Mulvihill, police received a report of a single vehicle incident at Wilson Road and Majuba Hill Road at about 6:25 p.m. Tuesday.

A witness told police the motorcycle rider was obeying the speed limit. However, at the top of the hill at that location he appeared to lose control of the motorcycle and go over the embankment an estimated 20 feet down a hill.

The operator of the vehicle has been identified as a 38-year-old male from Cloverdale.

Image: PulsePoint / Approximate location of Tuesday’s motor vehicle accident in Yarrow.

“Driver inexperience likely played a roll in the incident,” Sgt. Mulvihill said.

A B.C. EHS helicopter landed at Yarrow Community School shortly after 7 p.m.

Scanner traffic indicated the male was conscious and breathing, but first responders needed to undertake “significant extraction” due to him falling 20 feet down the embankment.

The male was airlifted to Abbotsford General Hospital in stable condition, Sgt. Mulvihill said.

by Mike Vanden Bosch

UPDATE: Motorcyclist who was airlifted to hospital after accident in Yarrow thanks ‘guardian angel’

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