A MAN is being treated for serious injuries after a crash on a rural road.

The motorcyclist, a man in his 50s from Clitheroe, collided with a car at Abbeystead on Marshaw Wyre at around 2pm on Friday.

He was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries.

An appeal for information has now been launched.

A spokesman said: “We are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist was seriously injured following a collision which happened at 1.50pm on Friday, October 15 on Marshaw Wyre, Abbeystead, Lancaster.”

Anyone with information can contact 101 quoting log 0797 of October 15.