A bizarre "chain of events" in which a helmet flew off a motorcyclist, resulted in a man breaking his leg near Murchison yesterday.
A man in his 50s was flown to Nelson Hospital by the NZCC West Coast Rescue Helicopter shortly after 4pm after he slid off his bike on State Highway 6, just north of the township.
He came off his bike while trying to avoid the flying helmet from his mate, riding ahead of him. The injured motorcyclist was among a group of several motorcyclists in convoy.
Helicopter pilot Angus Taylor said the incident in which the man's helmet "unbelievably blew off" resulted in the following rider being run over by a third motorcyclist, breaking his lower leg.
