Motorcyclist seriously injured in Heysham crash (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Motorcyclist seriously injured in Heysham crash

5:50pm Sunday 10th July 2011 in Heysham news

A Carlisle motorcyclist was seriously injured in a road traffic collision in Heysham.

The incident happened at 3.50pm on Thursday when the 29 year old man was riding his Honda CRR 1000 motorbike towards the direction of Overton along Moss Lane.

The rider is believed to have lost control on a right hand bend and left the road down a ditch leading into the River Lune.

He struck a fence where he became trapped by barbed wire around his leg but was released within the hour with the assistance of Lancashire Fire Rescue and paramedics.

The rider was airlifted to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary with serious leg injuries and later transferred to Royal Preston Hospital for further treatment.

PC Shaun Canning from the Road Policing Unit said: "The rider was extremely lucky that he had been travelling in company with a friend on another motorbike otherwise it is unlikely he would have been seen from the road by members of the public.

"I would urge anybody that witnessed this incident to contact me at Morecambe Police Station quoting log number LC-2011-0707-0954."