Motorbike rider critical

A TEENAGE boy remained in a critical condition last night following a trail bike crash at Scottsdale.

The 14-year-old was flown to the Royal Hobart Hospital on Sunday after he was seriously injured when he crashed his trail bike into a barbed wire fence.

He had been riding with a friend when he hit a cattle fence on Old Waterhouse Rd, North Scottsdale, about 11.30am.

Police, the State Emergency Service and Ambulance Tasmania treated the boy at the scene.

He sustained a closed head injury and facial and wrist fractures.