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12/12/2024
Motorcyclist Seriously Injured In East Belfast Crash
A motorcyclist is in a serious condition in hospital following a crash in east Belfast on Wednesday evening.
Police received a report of a collision involving a car and a scrambler motorcycle on Bloomfield Road shortly before 5.30pm. Emergency services attended the scene, and the motorcyclist, a man in his late teens, was taken to hospital.
Detectives are appealing for witnesses who were in the area at the time of the crash, particularly those who may have captured dash-cam footage of the incident or of two scrambler motorcycles in the area between 5.15pm and 5.30pm.
Anyone with any information to contact police on 101 quoting reference number 1252 of 11/12/24 or online at www.psni.police.uk/report.
Police received a report of a collision involving a car and a scrambler motorcycle on Bloomfield Road shortly before 5.30pm. Emergency services attended the scene, and the motorcyclist, a man in his late teens, was taken to hospital.
Anyone with any information to contact police on 101 quoting reference number 1252 of 11/12/24 or online at www.psni.police.uk/report.
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