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CTV News
3 days ago
- CTV News
OPP investigating collision involving 3-year-old
Nottawasaga OPP are investigating a collision that sent a 3-year-old to hospital. According to police, officers responded to an emergency call regarding an electric motorcycle that hit a pedestrian shortly before 8:30 p.m. on July 25. A 3-year-old was transported by air-ambulance to a Toronto hospital with life threatening injuries. Pridham Place in Tottenham was closed for several hours but has since re-opened. Police are asking anyone who witnessed the accident or has information to call the OPP or Crime Stoppers
BBC News
7 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Drigg Young Farmers Great North Air Ambulance helicopter pull
Young farmers have raised more than £30,000 for an air ambulance charity by pulling a replica helicopter 77 miles (124km) through the members of the Drigg Young Farmers Club (YFC) in Cumbria took turns pulling an adapted car, which had been transformed into a model helicopter, from their village to the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) base in Langwathby at the chair Rosie Pratt said pushing and pulling the one tonne model up the hilly route had been "very tough for all of us".She said lots of members and their families had relied on the air ambulance in the past and they had been "overwhelmed" by support from the public on the route. The YFC completed their Welly the Heli challenge on 20 July, pulling the converted Suzuki Wagon R through Seascale, Gosforth, Beckermet and St. Bees and then further afield through Whitehaven, Workington, Cockermouth, Keswick and lined the streets, cheering them on and dropping donations into collection buckets as they passed Pratt, 21, said: "It was amazing the amount of support we were given."Some people had come out with juice, ice creams, cakes, and they were just doing everything they could to support us and help us along the way." Miss Pratt described the route as "very tricky"."There was a lot of hills, but it was always good when you got to a downhill and you got to ride it down."The support didn't stop, it was so overwhelming to see the amount of people."Community fundraiser at GNAAS Deborah Usher said they were "absolutely blown away by the incredible effort and determination"."The money they've raised will make a real difference in our community."Upon reaching the base they celebrated raising more than £30,000, which is enough to fund a full day of operations at the charity. Follow BBC Cumbria on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
BBC News
21-07-2025
- BBC News
Man dies in incident at West Bay's East Cliff beach
A man has died in an incident on Dorset's Jurassic services were called to East Cliff at West Bay shortly after 08:40 BST to reports of a man in need of medical Regis lifeboat and the air ambulance attended but the man died at the Police said his death was not being treated as suspicious and his family had been informed. A spokesperson said: "Our thoughts are with the man's family and friends at this very difficult time." You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
Yahoo
19-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Boxer to fight for air ambulance that treated him
A keen boxer said he feels "fit and ready" to take part in a charity fight in aid of an air ambulance service which transported him to hospital following a serious injury. Daniel Bainger, 21, from Northampton, was two months away from a bout to raise money for the Air Ambulance Service when he damaged his spine and broke several vertebrae in a motorcycle crash in January 2024. He said he feels like he "jinxed" himself for wanting to raise funds for the charity before he needed it. Mr Bainger added that Saturday's bout was his way of "giving back". On 15 January 2024, an icy morning, Mr Bainger was riding his motorcycle to work - where he did "everything I could to try and keep myself as safe as possible" by wearing protective clothing and by going a safer route - when he was involved in a collision. The air ambulance was called and within 17 minutes he was taken to a hospital in Coventry, a journey that would normally take an hour by road. At the time, Mr Bainger was training for a charity match for the service. "I was devastated I wasn't going to be able to fight. I do feel like I possibly jinxed myself a little bit." He added that a few days before the accident he was talking to a friend, who asked him why he had chosen the charity. "I said, 'I'm a biker, it's a dangerous thing to be doing,' and then literally a week later I was in the helicopter." He said he was knocked unconscious in the accident: "I remember waking up and being in pain. I knew something was seriously wrong. I was worried I was paralysed." After being taken to hospital, he was operated on and ended up with two titanium rods and six screws in his back to support his damaged spine. Mr Bainger also suffered a fractured ankle, a lacerated liver and bruised lungs, and found out he was "millimetres away from paralysis". He added: "I've made as much as a recovery that is possible. I've trained very hard for a couple of months, I feel very fit and ready." Mr Bainger said he hopes to raise over £1,000 for the Air Ambulance Service. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. You might also be interested in Biker with serious injuries 'saved' by air ambulance Dance competition fundraiser 'will save lives' Man marries a year after he was expected to die Related internet links The Air Ambulance Service
BBC News
19-07-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Northampton boxer to fight for air ambulance that treated him
A keen boxer said he feels "fit and ready" to take part in a charity fight in aid of an air ambulance service which transported him to hospital following a serious injury. Daniel Bainger, 21, from Northampton, was two months away from a bout to raise money for the Air Ambulance Service when he damaged his spine and broke several vertebrae in a motorcycle crash in January 2024. He said he feels like he "jinxed" himself for wanting to raise funds for the charity before he needed it. Mr Bainger added that Saturday's bout was his way of "giving back". On 15 January 2024, an icy morning, Mr Bainger was riding his motorcycle to work - where he did "everything I could to try and keep myself as safe as possible" by wearing protective clothing and by going a safer route - when he was involved in a collision. The air ambulance was called and within 17 minutes he was taken to a hospital in Coventry, a journey that would normally take an hour by road. At the time, Mr Bainger was training for a charity match for the service. "I was devastated I wasn't going to be able to fight. I do feel like I possibly jinxed myself a little bit."He added that a few days before the accident he was talking to a friend, who asked him why he had chosen the charity. "I said, 'I'm a biker, it's a dangerous thing to be doing,' and then literally a week later I was in the helicopter."He said he was knocked unconscious in the accident: "I remember waking up and being in pain. I knew something was seriously wrong. I was worried I was paralysed." After being taken to hospital, he was operated on and ended up with two titanium rods and six screws in his back to support his damaged spine. Mr Bainger also suffered a fractured ankle, a lacerated liver and bruised lungs, and found out he was "millimetres away from paralysis". He added: "I've made as much as a recovery that is possible. I've trained very hard for a couple of months, I feel very fit and ready."Mr Bainger said he hopes to raise over £1,000 for the Air Ambulance Service. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
