A motorcyclist has been left fighting for his life in hospital following a serious collision near Whitley Bay.
On Sunday at 2.30pm, police received a report of a collision involving a car and a motorbike on the A186 Earsdon Road westbound near the junction with Garden Terrace, Earsdon. Emergency services attended the scene and the motorcyclist, a man in his 50s, was taken to hospital with multiple injuries that are described as potentially life-threatening at this time.
The man’s next of kin have been notified and are being offered support by specially-trained family liaison officers.
