Boy impaled on bicycle handlebars in Palmerston accident

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy has been rushed to Royal Darwin Hospital after he was impaled on his bicycle handlebars when he came off his bike in Palmerston

A boy was rushed to hospital last night after he was impaled on bicycle handlebars.

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A 14-YEAR-OLD boy has been rushed to Royal Darwin Hospital after he was impaled on his bicycle handlebar when he came off his bike in Palmerston.

St John Ambulance Territory duty manager Craig Garraway said paramedics were called to Zucolli at about 7pm on Monday after a young boy came off his bike and had somehow impaled the handlebars into his stomach.

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“I don’t believe the injuries were too serious in the end, but paramedics did attend and transported him to Royal Darwin Hospital,” he said.

A St Johns spokeswoman said there were 10 crashes on the weekend with 11 taken to hospitals across the NT.

On Saturday about 2pm there was a single vehicle rollover 130km from Alice Springs.

An hour later there was a crash involving a bus and a car in Darwin CBD.

At 4.15pm paramedics attended a single vehicle rollover in Douglas Daly, and then a motorbike accident in Girraween at 5pm.

At 10pm there was another single vehicle rollover in Howard Springs.

The spokeswoman said on Sunday about 7am there was a car and bus accident in Alice Springs.

At 7.30pm there was a motorbike accident at the Dripstone Cliffs, and at midnight paramedics attended a single vehicle accident in Bellamack, Palmerston.

About 6pm on Sunday a 31-year-old woman fell from an e-scooter in Larrakeyah.

She is understood to have suffered a fractured ankle and was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital.

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