POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist was seriously injured in a North Dorset road crash last night (Mon).
Emergency services were scrambled to the A357 near Lydlinch following reports of a collision involving a silver and black motorbike and a red Rover estate car at 8.20 pm.
The injured motorcyclist, who is believed to be from the Gillingham area, was airlifted to Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester and the road re-opened at around 1 am.
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