A young boy from Napier required an airlift to Hawke's Bay Hospital after a mountain biking accident over the weekend.
Around 1.30PM on Saturday, the Lowe Rescue Corporation helicopter airlifted a 14-year-old boy from the Pan Pac mountain bike park near Whirinaki.
The boy, from Taradale, suffered a shoulder injury after coming off his mountain bike.
He was transported to the Hawke's Bay Fallen Soldier's Memorial Hospital for further treatment. A HBDHB spokeswoman said the boy was treated at hospital and discharged around 3pm on Saturday.
Yesterday Hawke's Bay Mountain Bike club chairman Scott Richardson said he did not know the young boy involved, or if he was a member of the club, but said it was "always distressing" to hear of an accident.
"It's always unfortunate to hear someone's hurt themselves," he said.