Motorcyclist airlifted to hospital after crashing into barrier on A5 near Oswestry
A motorcyclist was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after a crash on the A5 near Oswestry today.
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The A5 was closed northbound between the Whittington and the Gobowen roundabouts following the accident at 10.22am.
Emergency services said the bike had hit a barrier along the busy trunk road, which also carries the A483.
The rider was airlifted by air ambulance to the Royal Stoke Hospital.
A spokesman for the ambulance service said:
“We were called at 10.22am to reports of a collision at the junction of the B5069 and the A5 involving a motorbike and barrier.
"We sent the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford, a land ambulance and paramedic officer to the scene. We treated one patient, a man, who was the motorcyclist for potentially serious injuries.
"He was taken to Royal Stoke Hospital by air ambulance for further treatment.”
Traffic was diverted though Whittington and Gobowen.