A Framingham man was summoned in connection with driving fast on a dirt bike on a New Hampshire trail, when he was thrown off the bike, hurt and hospitalized, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said on Monday.
hospitalized after he was thrown off a dirt bike while riding along a trail in Berlin, New Hampshire on Saturday, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said.
At around 10:50 a.m., Jacob Shapiro, 23, was with three other people while they rode the Yamaha Connector Trail in Berlin, Fish and Game said in a statement released on Monday. Shapiro lost control of his bike after he struck a bumpy ledge along a straightened part of the trail and he was thrown off.
Shapiro’s friends provided aid, and one called 911 for help, the statement read.
Berlin police, firefighters and a Berlin Fire Department ambulance, along with Fish and Game conservation officers, responded by using a UTV to get to Shapiro, the department stated. An ambulance took Shapiro to Androscoggin Valley Hospital for treatment.
An investigation into the crash found that the “primary factor in the crash to have been associated with excessive speed for the existing trail conditions,” the department stated. Shapiro was summoned for operating an off-highway recreational vehicle (OHRV) at an unreasonable speed.
“Conservation officers would like to use this incident to remind OHRV enthusiasts to always operate cautiously throughout the varying terrain present on OHRV trails, especially in the dusty trail conditions currently present,” the department’s statement concluded.
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