An 18-year-old Hastings motocross rider had to be airlifted to hospital after he seriously fractured his leg while competing in an endurance race.
The motocross rider was airlifted to hospital. Photo: Supplied / TECT Rescue Helicopter
The man fell off his bike part way through the race in the Tahorakuri Forest, northeast of Taupo, early this afternoon.
He was now recovering in Rotorua Hospital.