Motorcycle rider in critical condition after Thatcham crash

Motorcycle and car collided on the Bath Road on Friday (3) evening

A MOTORCYCLE rider is currently in a serious but critical condition after being involved in a collision with a car on Friday (3).

The incident happened on Bath Road, between the Floral Way and Pipers Way roundabouts, at around 7pm.

THames Valley Police have confirmed that a black and silver Skyjet motorcycle was involved in a collision with a red Vauxhall Corsa on the Newbury bound carriageway.

The motorcycle rider, a 40-year-old man from Reading, was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford with serious injuries and is today (Monday)in a critical condition.

Pc Melanie Todd, from the Three Mile Cross Roads Policing Base, said: “I am keen to speak to anyone who witnessed this incident.

“I am also keen to speak to the driver of a heavy goods vehicle that may have witnessed the motorcycle on the roundabout junction with Pipers Way just prior to the collision.”

Anyone with any information about the incident should contact Pc Todd on the police non-emergency number on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org