A TWELVE-year-old boy has broken his leg during a moto cross accident.
The incident happened this morning as the youngster was riding this motorbike on a track at Wooley Grange Farm, between Crook and Stanley in County Durham.
The accident, which occurred during an organised event, was attended by the Great North Air Ambulance Service, who airlifted the boy to University Hospital of North Durham, in Durham.
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