Motorcyclist suffers broken bones after Kettering crash

He was taken to hospital

A motorcyclist was taken to hospital with broken bones after a crash in Kettering last night (Thursday).

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Police were at the scene

Emergency services were called to Rockingham Road after the incident involving a purple motorbike and a blue Vauxhall Corsa at 6.10pm.

The 22-year-old bike rider was taken by land ambulance to University Hospital Coventry. The air ambulance had been called.

A police spokesman said he suffered injuries including a broken left femur but that his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing.

The rider suffered a ruptured spleen but is now stable.

Rockingham Road was closed between Regent Street and Sainsbury's before re-opening later that evening.

Anyone with information should call 101.

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