A MOTORCYCLIST was flown to hospital this afternoon after being in a collision with a car near Presteigne.
Emergency services were called to the B4362 at Broadheath just after 12.15pm.
"Local fire crews kept the motorcyclist, a man in his seventies, warm and dry," said a West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman.
"When the Midlands Air Ambulance crew arrived and began to treat the motorcyclist, another storm came overhead but passersby helped by holding up a tarpaulin to keep off the rain.
“The biker had a broken arm and suspected broken ribs.
"He was immobilised onto a scoop stretcher. Head blocks and a pelvic binder were also used and he was given pain relief.
“He was then flown to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.”
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