Biker taken to Royal Stoke in air ambulance after crash with van

A biker was taken to hospital by air ambulance following a collision with a van. Emergency services were called out to reports of a crash on Middlewich's Holmes Chapel Road - outside the Shell petrol station.

Cheshire Police ^[1] say they found a Ford Transit Connect had been in a collision with a red Honda motorcycle. It is believed following the crash, which took place just before 8.50am on Thursday (June 29) the road was blocked.

Officers say the 32-year-old biker was taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital ^[2] with a 'serious injury to his leg'. Meanwhile the driver of the van was uninjured.

A spokesman for the force added: "No arrests were made."

The 13 North Staffordshire businesses that went bust in June ^[4]

We caught one of the last Hanley-to-Audley buses - and its passengers weren't happy ^[5]

References

^{^} Cheshire Police (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^{^} Royal Stoke University Hospital (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
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^{^} The 13 North Staffordshire businesses that went bust in June (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^{^} We caught one of the last Hanley-to-Audley buses - and its passengers weren't happy (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)