Rider paralysed after ‘hidden’ jump crash takes £200k legal action against bike park |
Dominic Pearson from Thetford hopes to win compensation via the courts against Chicksands Bike Park in Bedfordshire, where he was injured in January 2022.
The Mail reports Mr Pearson, a 39-year-old former army mechanic, was riding on a trail called the Snake Run in the park near Biggleswade in January, 2022, when he saw a ramped jump in his path as he came around a bend.
Mr Pearson, who usually enjoyed riding trails without jumps braked to avoid the ramp.
He then went over the handlebars of his bike before hitting a hump in the ground head-first, fracturing four ribs.
Two weeks after the accident, Mr Pearson posted on social media saying he had had been involved in "a traumatic and potentially life........