Coventry speedway rider Adam Roynon injured in crash

Coventry Bees speedway rider Adam Roynon has been taken to hospital with head injuries after crashing in the first meeting of the season.



The meeting with Birmingham Brummies in Brandon, Coventry was delayed as paramedics treated him for concussion.

The crash happened after he came off his motorbike on a bend and was hit by another rider.

He had a brain scan and is in a stable condition at Coventry and Warwickshire University hospital, team doctors said.

Team manager Gary Havelock said: "It was an awful looking crash.

"Josh [Auty] unfortunately was trying to go round him at the time and as he came off he just couldn't miss him. We're just praying he's going to be alright."

Mr Roynon, 24, had returned to ride for Coventry Bees this season after recovering from a broken leg he sustained in a crash in October.

He suffered a blood clot on the brain and a broken neck in an accident while riding in 2009.