World Cup downhill/four-cross racer Dan Atherton had a ‘halo’ brace attached to his skull yesterday after suffering serious spinal injuries in a dirt jumping crash. Dan was riding at his local trails in Llanfyllin last Tuesday when he messed up a jump and landed on his head.
Dan Atherton is in Shrewsbury hospital after fracturing two vertebrae earlier this week. Atherton had been riding dirt jumps at Llanfyllin, United Kingdom, on Tuesday when he sustained the injury after landing awkwardly on his head in a crash.