Motorcyclist and passenger injured after coming of bike in Telford
A motorcycle rider and pillion passenger have been taken to hospital after coming off their bike in Telford.
The rider, a 25-year-old man, sustained serious injuries and was taken to North Staffordshire Hospital.
A 13-year-old girl was also on the motorcycle and was taken to Princess Royal Hospital with a serious hand injury.
The incident happened on Silkin Way, near Brookside just off Aqueduct Road at 10.50pm on Sunday evening.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Crews were alerted to a motorcycle incident on a stretch of the Silkin Way at just before 11pm.
“It appears the motorcycle collided with a pole on the trackway.
“A male rider in his twenties received treatment for chest and facial injuries. He was conveyed by land ambulance to the Royal Stoke University Hospital.
“Medics also treated a teenage pillion passenger for a fractured wrist and she was taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for further assessment and treatment.”
Police are eager to establish the circumstances of the collision and ask anyone with information to call 101 quoting incident 720S of Sunday 24 May.
