A motorbike rider and their passenger were treated on the road after a dramatic crash in the early hours of Tuesday.
Emergency services were called to Southport's waterfront road just before 1am after reports a bike had hit a kerb at Marine Parade, near the Ocean Plaza complex.
The crash that followed injured both riders and led to them receiving specialist care from paramedics before being taken to hospital.
Images released by police showed the aftermath of the incident, including the damaged motorbike and the help given to the injured pair.
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Merseyside Police's Roads Policing Unit tweeted this morning to say its officers had used their "advanced trauma first aid kit on two casualties in Southport ".
The force confirmed both had been taken to hospital - a 43-year-old man for assessment of a shoulder injury and a 34-year old woman for assessment of back pain. Neither are believed to have suffered life threatening injuries.
