Last updated at 17:35, Saturday, 28 July 2012

A quad bike rider was left overhanging a river after an accident on a bridge near Egremont last night.

Police, fire and the ambulance service were called to a bridge near Weddingshaw Farm, Wilton, just after 6.30pm.

Kevin Bewthwaite, fire station manager for Copeland, said the rider had been "lucky" not to have fallen into water below.

He said: "I have absolutely no idea how the accident happened but the rider was stuck on the bridge wedged in by a tree trunk. It was at road level but he was lucky not to have fallen into the stream below."

Paramedics treated the rider, a man, who was not suffering life threatening injuries.

Mr Bewthwaite said: "The country road where it happened was single track and it was blocked for a time with fire engines, police cars and an ambulance."

First published at 17:33, Saturday, 28 July 2012
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