A MAN has been airlifted to hospital after coming off his bike in the Lake District.

The Great North Air Ambulance flew to Grizedale Forest this afternoon to treat a 24-year-old man who had sustained a back injury after falling from his mountain bike.

He was assessed and treated at the scene before being transferred to Preston Royal Infirmary.

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