A MOTORCYCLIST has been airlifted to hospital after suffering serious injuries in a Bewdley crash.
The accident between a motorbike and a van happened on Ribbesford Road at around at 9.50am this morning (Tuesday October 22).
Medics and police raced to the scene with the rider, a man, taken by air ambulance to the QE hospital in Birmingham.
The road was closed while emergency services were at the scene. It has since reopened.
A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: " We received a call around 9:50am this morning (22 October) with a report of a collision on Ribbesford Road, Bewdley.
"Officers were at the scene which involved a van and motorbike colliding.
"The motorcyclist has been airlifted to hospital."
A spokesperson for West Midlands Ambulance Service said the biker had been airlifted to the QE, which is a major trauma centre.
They said: "An ambulance and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Strensham with a doctor and paramedic on board attended the scene.
“Crews found the motorcyclist, a man, with serious injuries.
"He received trauma care from the team to stabilise his condition before being airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham for further emergency treatment.”
The crash happened on the section of road which is over the river from Lickhill Manor Caravan park.
It closed the road into Stourport, at the junction with Areley Lane.
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