Motorcyclist seriously injured crashing into car

BBC

14 September 2024 at 4:12 pm

A police officer in a high-vis jacket — Police were called to the incident in the village of Netherend [Getty Images]

A motorcyclist was seriously injured when he hit a parked car, police said.

Emergency services were called shortly to Netherend in Woolaston, near the village of Lydney in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire shortly after 17:30 BST.

The biker was described by police as a man in his 30s.

Paramedics took him to Southmead Hospital in Bristol for treatment.

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