An appeal has been launched by police after a motorcyclist was hurt on Sunday (10 February) night.

Preston Police were called on 8.36pm to reports of a collision involving a DNA off-road motorcycle and a Mercedes Sprinter.

It happened on Roebuck Street at the junction with Stocks Road in Ashton-on-Ribble.

The biker, a 32-year-old man from Preston, suffered head and abdominal injuries.

He remains in Royal Preston Hospital in a serious condition.

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Sergeant Steve Hardman of Lancashire’s Road Policing Unit said: “We’re working to establish the circumstances surrounding the collision and ask that anyone with information, CCTV or dash cam footage gets in touch.”

Anyone with information should email 2385@lancashire.pnn.police.uk or call 101 quoting log number 1367 of 10th February.