September 21, 2024

A motorcyclist has been airlifted to hospital after a serious collision in north Cumbria.

The incident, which also involved a campervan, happened at around 2.30pm yesterday, Friday July 26, on the A7 between Sandysike and Longtown.

The road was closed while police carried out an investigation.

The motorbike rider, a man in his 70s, was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle by the Great North Air Ambulance Service with serious injuries.

The driver of the camper van was uninjured.

Anyone with information relating to thisĀ incident can report online atĀ www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it, quoting incident number 136 of 26 July 2024 or call 101.

Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

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