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Ellen Kirwin

Motorbike rider suffers serious injuries as M56 crash closes road

A 46-year-old man sustained serious injuries to his arm in a crash on the M56 yesterday.

The man, from Warrington, was driving a Green Kawasaki motorbike when involved in a crash with a 21-year-old woman, from Birkenhead, driving a white Vauxhall Viva.

Emergency services attended the scene on the eastbound carriageway between junctions 11 and 12, at around 8.20pm on Thursday, July 15.

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Police closed part of the road while dealing with the incident and then reopened it at 10.20pm after the man was taken to hospital.

A Cheshire Police spokesperson said: "At 8.20pm on Thursday 15 July police attended reports of a collision on the M56 in Cheshire.

"The incident, on the eastbound carriageway between junctions 11 and 12, involved a car (white Vauxhall Viva) and a motorbike (Green Kawasaki).

"The rider of the motorbike, a 46, year-old man from Warrington, sustained serious injuries to his arm and was taken to hospital. His injuries are not believed to be life threatening.

"The driver of the car, a 21-year-old woman from Birkenhead, was uninjured."

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