MT. TIMPANOGOS, Utah — Utah County Search and Rescue was dispatched to an area near Mt. Timpanogos Saturday morning after a 16-year-old broke his leg in a dirt bike accident.
According to Sgt. Spencer Cannon with the Utah County Sheriff's Office, the boy was riding his dirt bike in the area of Sagebrush Flat, which lies between Mt. Timpanogos and Mahogany Mountain.
Cannon later gave an update that the boy was successfully rescued from the mountain using a side-by-side vehicle was and taken to a hospital by ambulance. Cannon said the boy's leg was badly broken, but he's expected to recover.
It wasn't known exactly how the crash occurred, but Cannon said the boy was riding with at least one other person.
