Yahoo News Biker on police training course airlifted to Royal Stoke
A biker on a police training course has been airlifted to hospital with 'potentially serious injuries' following a crash in a rural corner of North Staffordshire. Emergency services were called out to Leek Road between Longnor and Upper Hulme to reports of a collision.
Paramedics sent to the scene on Friday morning say they found a motorbike had 'come off the road and hit a wall'. The rider, a man, was flown to the Royal Stoke University Hospital.
Derbyshire Constabulary say the man, a member of the constabulary staff, was out on a motorcycle training course when the smash occurred. It saw the air ambulance and two ambulances being sent to the scene at around 9.45am.
A spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "Two ambulances, a paramedic officer and the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance were sent to the scene where, on arrival, crews discovered a motorbike had come off the road and hit a wall. The rider, a man, was treated for potentially serious injuries and airlifted to the Royal Stoke University Hospital for further treatment."
Police are investigating the smash.
A spokeswoman for the Derbyshire force said: "While out on a motorcycle training course a member of Derbyshire Constabulary staff was injured in a collision on Leek Road, in Barrow Moor, Longnor. No other vehicles were involved. The staff member was taken to hospital with serious, but not life-threatening, injuries where he remains at this time. His family are aware and are being supported by the force. Enquiries are ongoing into the circumstances of the collision."
