Motorbike rider critically injured after collision with HGV in Sawtry
Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage.
A 23-year-old motorbike rider from Yaxley is in critical condition following a collision with an HGV on the B1043 Old North Road in Sawtry.
The incident occurred at around 12.50pm on 5th October, when the red Volvo HGV collided with the black Kawasaki motorbike travelling in the opposite direction.
The rider was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge with life-threatening injuries, while the HGV driver, a 76-year-old man from Wisbech, was uninjured.
The driver was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by careless driving but has been released on bail.
He is due to return to Thorpe Wood Police Station on 4th January.
Police are asking for witnesses and anyone with dashcam footage of the collision to come forward.
Information can be provided via the force website or by calling 101 and quoting incident number 35/77423/26.