A young motorcyclist suffered life-changing spinal injuries after a single vehicle collision.

On the B3417, in Lee Moor a twenty year old man from Plymouth was rushed to Derriford Hospital after the crash which involved a red Yamaha motorcycle. Emergency services were alerted to the incident at 6.15pm on Thursday evening with local Police and officers from the Roads Policing Team and Serious Collision Investigation Unit attending the incident. This resulted in the closure of the road for eight hours for an examination of the scene to take place.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the police via [email protected] or by phone on 101, quoting log number 0771 of 10/08/17.