Police are appealing for witnesses after a collision resulted in a motorcyclist being airlifted to hospital with serious chest injuries on the A132 near Hepworth.

Officers were called shortly before 12pm today, Thursday, October 26, to reports of a collision in Summer Road between a motorcyclist and a car.

The male motorcyclist sustained injuries and flown to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge for treatment.

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Summer Road and Clay Lane were closed at the junction with the A143 following the collision but have since reopened.

Anyone who witnessed the collision or who has information is asked to call Suffolk Police on 101 quoting CAD 175 of 26 October.