EMERGENCY service agencies from Bright responded to incidents involving a mountain-biker and paraglider at Mystic Park last Thursday. A female mountain-biker injured her lower leg after falling off one of the tracks and was bought to safety by emergency service officers at the scene. "We were able to assist the Ambulance Victoria paramedics by carrying the patient up the hill in a stretcher, to the awaiting ambulance," Controller of the Bright SES branch, Graham Gales said. Members of Ambulance Victoria, SES, CFA, police and the Mystic Bike Park's, Bike Patrol were all involved in the recovery of the patient, before she was taken to hospital. In a separate incident, emergency services were back at Mystic Park after a paraglider lost control and fell, landing on the ground in the pine plantation forest. The paraglider suffered immobilising injuries and needed to be carried up the path to the road where the ambulance was waiting. Bright CFA, SES, Ambulance Victoria, police as well as the Mystic Bike Park, Bike Patrol worked together to recover the patient, before they were transferred to hospital for further treatment.
