A man sustained life-threatening injuries in a serious crash.

An appeal for information has now been launched following the incident. Which took place on Shard Road, Hambleton, yesterday afternoon.

Upon arrival it became clear that there had been a crash between a Volkswagen Touran and a Kawasaki motorbike.

The motorcyclist, a man in his 70s, suffered multiple serious injuries. He was taken to hospital with injuries described as life-threatening.

The driver of the Touran was not injured.

Sgt Steve Hardman, of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “This collision has left a man with some extremely serious injuries and my thoughts are with him and his loved ones at this time.

“We are working to establish the full circumstances of what led to the collision. I would ask any witnesses or anybody with dashcam footage which could assist our investigation to contact police as soon as possible.”

Email 2385@lancashire.police.uk or call 101, quoting log 0931 of June 25, 2022.