A teenager who broke his back and pelvis after falling down a quarry called his mother and told her he thought he was dying.
Travis Dixon was on a bike ride with his friend over the summer holidays last year when he fell around 12 metres down a quarry, sustaining severe injuries. The 15-year-old and his friend were walking along the edge of Middridge Quarry in Newton Aycliffe when he slipped and fell to the bottom on August 2.
The dangerous drop temporarily knocked Travis unconscious, but when he came round, he called 999 and then his parents whilst his friend made his way down the quarry to help him. On realising Travis was bleeding heavily from his head, his friend took his t-shirt off and held it against his head to stop the bleeding.
