A MOTORCYCLIST has suffered critical injuries after falling from his bike in a crash in a Worcestershire village.
The man has suffered critical injuries during an incident in Church Road in Crowle at 6.37am. The road was closed this morning with a West Mercia Police cordon at both ends of the road.
Police cars on blue lights maintained the cordon as motorists were asked to avoid the route.
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A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: "We were called to reports of a patient who had fallen from a motorbike on Church Road at 6.37am, two ambulances, a paramedic officer, a MERIT trauma doctor and the Midlands Air Ambulance Critical Care Car attended the scene.
"On arrival we discovered one patient, a man, who was in a critical condition. He received advanced trauma care at the scene before being taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham."
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