Elderly motorcyclist suffers serious injuries

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the Fosse Way, near Chesterton, at 11.30am yesterday (Monday) and sent an ambulance, a community paramedic, a rapid response paramedic and the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance to the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “On arrival, crews discovered a man, reported to be in his 80s, who had been thrown approximately ten feet from his motorbike following a collision with a car.

“Following assessment from ambulance staff, the man, who remained conscious throughout, was treated for arm and leg fractures and a minor head injury. His injured arm and leg were splinted and he was immobilised on a scoop stretcher.

“He was then airlifted to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire for further assessment and treatment.

“Crews were told that a second motorbike had also been in collision with the car in the same incident, but nobody else was injured.”