Scooter rider seriously injured in Ascot

Police are appealing for witnesses

Author: Jonathan RichardsPublished 6th Sep 2021

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man sustained serious injuries in a road traffic collision in Ascot.

At around 5.55pm yesterday (5/9) a black Yamaha scooter that was travelling along High Street was involved in a collision with a parked white van near to the entrance of Ascot Racecourse.

The rider, a man in his twenties, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries where he remains in a critical condition.

PC Marcus Audoin, of the Joint Operations Roads Policing Unit, said:

“I am appealing to anyone who may have witnesses this incident to please come forward.

“I’d also ask any motorists who were in the vicinity around the time that this happened to please check any dash-cam footage in case it may have captured something that could assist the investigation.

“Anyone with information can contact police by calling 101 or making a report online, quoting reference 43210399187.”

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