Biker critical after horror crash near Linwood
Kawasaki in collision with Dacia travelling in opposite direction on A737
Last updated 25th Apr 2021
A 22-year-old motorcyclist is seriously injured in hospital after a crash with a car travelling in the opposite direction in Renfrewshire last night
The motorcyclist was riding a blue Kawasaki motorbike southbound while the Dacia Sendero Stepway was travelling on the northbound carriageway when the incident happened at 9.30pm.
He is still receiving treatment at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. The driver of the Dacia, a 55-year-old woman, was not injured in the collision.
Officers closed the road until 3.20am this morning while they carried out a collision investigation.
Sergeant John Bradford of Police Scotland’s Road Policing Unit said: “Our enquiries into the cause of the crash are continuing and I would urge anyone who saw what happened, and has not yet spoken to officers, to come forward.
“I would also ask motorists who were using the A737 last night and either saw the vehicles involved, or that may have been recording via dash-cam to check their systems and provide any relevant footage to us as soon as possible.”
Anyone with information should contact police on 101 quoting incident number 4240 of 24 April.
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