A CYCLIST has been airlifted to hospital with life-threatening head injuries after a crash on a busy Hereford road.
Emergency services were called to the crash, which involved a lorry and a cyclist in Plough Lane just after 11am on Monday.
West Mercia Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash, with the 62 year old cyclist airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
They said he was riding his bike towards Harrow Road junction when a collision has occurred between the cab of the HGV and the cyclist, ejecting him into the air resulting in a serious injury.
Sgt Andy Wortley from Hereford police station said: “We are appealing to witnesses who may have been travelling in the area at the time, and those who might have dash cam footage of the incident.
“Please call 101 quoting 213s of 6 January with any information regarding the incident.”
An ambulance service spokesperson said: “We were called at 11.09am to reports of a crash involving a heavy goods vehicle and a cyclist at the junction of Harrow Road and Plough Lane in Hereford.
"We sent the Midlands Air Ambulance from Strensham, two BASICS doctors from the Mercia Accident Rescue Service, a land ambulance, and paramedic officer to the scene.
"We’ve treated one patient, the male cyclist, for serious injuries. He has been taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham by air ambulance for further treatment.”
The road re-opened at around 3.30pm.
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