TWO heart-stopping accidents from last year's Tour de France are being featured in a new BBC series.

Countryside 999 will spotlight a teenager who was run over by a support vehicle in Ilkley and a woman who fell through a roof while watching the spectacle in Skipton.

Teenager Joe Lisle was watching the Grand Depart with his family near their Ilkley home when the accident happened. The 14-year-old suffered a serious leg injury and had to be airlifted to hospital by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Joe's mum Debbie said: "We had been planning the day for months and picked our viewing spot to see the Tour come through.

"Joe was standing on a chair to get a better view. Just after the last cyclist passed, he jumped off his chair, missed his footing and landed head-first in the road."

Joe's cousin, Tom, pulled him away from oncoming support vehicles and saved his life, but his left leg was still in the road and a car ran over his foot.

Mrs Lisle said: "Joe was screaming. I looked over and saw his leg. It was traumatic."

Two off-duty nurses in the crowd rushed to help and a Tour ambulance was also on the scene. But because Joe is diabetic, he had to get to hospital quickly. After the YAA took him to Leeds General Infirmary, he underwent a five-hour operation.

Mrs Lisle said: "The Air Ambulance paramedics were brilliant."

Sally Hartley's bid to get a better view almost ended in tragedy.

With others, she was on the roof of High Corn Mill in Skipton when she plunged more than 20ft through plastic sheeting, hitting her head on a stone floor.

Miss Hartley, 49, of Haworth, had gone up to the roof with her daughter and her fall was witnessed below by her other daughter and two year-old grand-daughter.

“There were hay bales on the roof for people to watch the Tour,” said Miss Hartley who runs a nail and beauty clinic in the High Corn Mill with her partner.

“I climbed through a window on to a bale and then just took two steps and fell straight through the plastic sheeting.”

The nail technician, who was airlifted to Leeds General Infirmary, suffered severe concussion and damaged her lower back but amazingly avoided serious physical injuries.

“I am incredibly lucky in that way,” said Mis Hartley.

“But the accident has affected me much more mentally.

“I have changed from being an outgoing and bubbly person to someone who can just burst into tears for no reason.

“I am just so grateful for the air ambulance. I don’t remember much immediately after the fall but the paramedics were amazing.”

Both rescues are featured in the BBC 1 programme which follows the work of the emergency services in rural Britain.

The YAA had the busiest weekend in its 14-year history when the Tour de France passed through Yorkshire last year attending 31 incidents between Friday, July 4, and Sunday, July 6.

Sally's story is on February 20 and Joe's is broadcast on February 23. Both programmes are on BBC1 at 11am.