Motorcyclist's crash helmet cracked on impact in collision with car in Coventry

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Paramedics said the rider, a man in his 50s, was knocked unconscious and had suffered a nasty cut on his neck

A motorcyclist's crash helmet cracked on impact in a collision with a car in Coventry today.

The rider needed trauma care from ambulance staff after being knocked unconscious in the crash.

Paramedics said he had also suffered a nasty cut to his neck.

The incident happened at the junction of Lockhurst Lane and Northey Road in Foleshill just before 1pm.

An ambulance, a senior paramedic officer and the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance with a doctor on board attended the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “When ambulance staff arrived the motorcyclist, a man in his 50s, was unconscious following a collision with a car.

“Sadly, his crash helmet had cracked on impact which had resulted in him sustaining a head injury and a nasty laceration to his neck.

“Ambulance staff and the doctor administered trauma care to the man before he was taken by land ambulance on blue lights to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire; the doctor travelled in the ambulance to continue treatment en route.”