A motorcyclist has been seriously injured in a crash with a lorry in Herefordshire.
The A44 has been closed for several hours at Bringsty Common, between Bromyard and Worcester, this afternoon (August 8).
An ambulance service spokesperson said the crash happened at about 12.15pm on the A44 at Bringsty Common.
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Two ambulances, three paramedic officers, a BASICS Emergency Doctor and a Midlands Air Ambulance Critical Care Car were sent to the scene.
The rider, a middle-aged man, was given advanced trauma care at the scene before being taken to the Major Trauma Centre at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham; the doctor travelled with the crew to hospital.
The lorry driver was unhurt.
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