Rider was lucky to escape serious injury say ambulance crews

A MOTORCYCLIST was lucky to escape serious injury after coming off his bike a short distance from where another rider died last month.
The 22-year-old collided with a roundabout at the junction of the A452 Collector Road and Moorend Avenue yesterday evening (Tuesday).
He skidded some 100 yards away from his bike and ended up on the grass verge, narrowly missing a tree.
Paramedics were called to the scene at around 8.40pm.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Crews arrived to find the rider a considerable distance from his bike.
“[He] was initially reported as being unconscious but he had come round when crews arrived, though he was not fully conscious and appeared quite confused.
“Amazingly, he had no obvious injuries but due to his confusion, crews suspected some sort of head injury.  As a precaution he was immobilised before being taken on blue lights to Heartlands Hospital.
“The fact that he appears to have escaped serious injury is all the more fortunate given both wheels on his bike were buckled with the alloys broken.”
The incident comes a month on from the death of Christopher Clarke, who was killed in a collision on the dual carriageway on March 20.