Blackburn man suffers life-threatening injuries in crash

Police are now appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage following the incident on Livesey Branch Road at around 1.30pm on Wednesday (December 20). The crash involved a Suzuki RM 125 motorbike and a Vauxhall Insignia car. The Suzuki rider, a man in his 20s from Blackburn, was taken to hospital with head and leg injuries.

He remains there in a critical but stable condition, police have said. The driver of the car was not injured. There have been no arrests at this stage[1].

DC Joseph Ghigi, of Lancashire Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “This collision has left a man with life-threatening injuries and my thoughts are with him at this time.

“Work is ongoing to establish the full circumstances of the collision and I would ask any witnesses or anybody with dashcam or CCTV footage which captured the incident to contact the police as soon as possible.”

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident can email [email protected] or call 101 quoting log 684 of the December 20.

References

  1. ^ stage (www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk)