ROCKINGHAM – Emergency Communications received a call at 2:35 pm Sunday afternoon involving a motorcycle in front of the Waffle House on Highway 1 South.
Units arriving found one rider down with serious injuries.
Patient was thought to have a serious leg injury with other injuries from contact with the highway.
Authorities on the scene determined that a helicopter would be needed to transport the patient.
He was airlifted from the Richmond County Airport by Carolina Air Care to Chapel Hill.
Units responding : East Rockingham Fire Department; Cordova Fire Rescue; First Health Richmond EMS; Richmond County Sheriffs Office; Rockingham Police Department; and North Carolina Highway Patrol.
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The accident is being investigated by the Highway Patrol.
