A MOTORCYCLIST was airlifted to hospital after suffering a broken back when he was thrown from his bike after a crash with a car.
Police are now appealing for witnesses to the accident, which happened on Wednesday evening on the A1086 Coast Road, at Blackhall Rocks, near Peterlee.
Just before 6.30pm, the driver of a blue VW Beetle, which was travelling east along the road, collided with a Kawasaki motorbike which was travelling in the opposite direction.
A spokesman for Durham Constabulary said: “The motorcyclist was thrown from his bike and suffered serious injuries, including a broken back.
“He was airlifted to James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, where police said he remains in a stable condition”.
The spokesman added: “The driver of the car sustained minor injuries in the accident”.
Anyone with any information on the collision is asked to call Durham Constabulary’s Collision Investigation Unit on 0191 375 2159, quoting incident number 356 of June 7, 2017.
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