Motorcyclist seriously injured in A380 crash

Police are appealing for witnesses after a collision on the A380 near Newton Abbot left a motorcyclist with serious injuries.

Ambulance and police attended the collision, involving a white Ford Transit van and a silver Yamaha YZF motorcycle, which happened shortly before 1.20pm on Wednesday 25 March on Newton Road, Kingskerswell, outside the Texaco garage.

The 51-year-old male rider of the motorcycle, from Newton Abbot, was taken by ambulance to Torbay Hospital with potentially life changing injuries.

As a result of the collision the road was closed from the Kerswell Gardens roundabout, with tailbacks to the Penn Inn roundabout. The road was re-opened at around 3.50pm.

Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to contact the Exeter serious collisions investigation unit by emailing 101@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk or calling 101, quoting reference 342 of 25 March.