Cyclist Medflighted after Crashing in Harold Parker

Andover Fire received a call Sunday morning regarding a mountain biker that took hard spill on a steep trail in Harold Parker Forest.

With the biker found to be in North Andover, both town's Fire staff worked to locate the injured man, who was more than a mile from the trail entrance on Middleton Road. 

According to North Andover Fire Lt. Graham Rowe, emergency staff first got the call around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday and Andover Police were first to arrive. 

"He sustained a pretty good knock on the head," Lt. Rowe. 

After North Andover Fire came shortly, staff from both had to prepare the victim to be treated by paramedics.

Despite the fact that he had wore a helmet, the fall victim complained of both head and back pain from the fall, which happened on a steep, rocky incline in the state forest.

By the time paramedics arrived, they had decided the man should medflighted out to a hospital due to the risk of nervous system damage. A helicopter picked up the man at Reynold's field off of Johnson Street in North Andover.

He was flown to Brigham and Women's Hospital. Lt. Rowe said that he did not know the man's current condition.