Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorcycle crash seriously injured two men yesterday, NSW Police say.
About 6.30pm (Saturday 10 February 2018), a 35-year-old man was riding a motorcycle south on Ashburton Drive, Albion Park Rail, with a 29-year-old man as a pillion passenger, when the rider lost control and struck a wire rope safety barrier, before coming airborne and landing on a grass area, tumbling off an embankment and into a creek bed.
The 35-year-old man sustained serious leg and ankle injuries. He was airlifted to St George Hospital to undergo surgery. He is in a stable condition.
The 29-year-old man was taken by ambulance to Wollongong Hospital where he is also in a stable condition.
Police from the Southern Region Crash Investigation Unit are conducting inquiries into the crash.
Police are appealing for anyone who witnessed the crash, or witnessed the manner of driving of the motorcycle in the lead up to the crash, to contact them.
Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stoppers.
