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| Coventry speedway rider Adam Roynon injured in crash | Coventry speedway rider Adam Roynon injured in crash |
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| Coventry Bees speedway rider Adam Roynon has been taken to hospital with head injuries after crashing in the first meeting of the season. | 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 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. | 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. | 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. | 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." | "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. | He suffered a blood clot on the brain and a broken neck in an accident while riding in 2009. |