A biker and passenger suffered serious injuries after an early morning crash in County Durham.
Emergency crews attended the scene of the crash on the A68 near Witton-le-Wear on Thursday morning where a car and a motorbike were found to have collided. A spokesperson for Durham Constabulary confirmed that their officers had attended the scene following the crash.
They said: "Officers were called to reports of a road traffic collision on the A68 near Witton-le-Wear just after 7am this morning (March 17). The collision involved a car and a motorbike with the motorbike rider, a man in his 50s, and his passenger, a woman also in her 50s, suffering serious injuries.
