Motorcyclist in critical condition after crash in Durham

The rider was taken to the RVI Major Trauma unit

Author: Claire HawthornPublished 16th Apr 2023

A crash involving a motorbike and a car in County Durham has left one person in hospital in a critical condition.

Durham Constabulary said they were dealing with a serious collision on Howden Bank in Lanchester on Saturday afternoon.

Police said the motorcyclist was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

A NEAS spokesperson said:

"We received a call to 999 at 15:32 yesterday afternoon to reports of a road traffic incident involving a motorbike and a car on a junction of the A6076 at Maiden Law in Lanchester, Durham.

"An off duty nurse was at the scene. We sent a clinical team leader, the air ambulance, a rapid response paramedic, a specialist paramedic and an emergency ambulance crew.

"We took one patient to the RVI major trauma unit in a critical condition

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