Tuesday 16 January 2018

Motorbike rider collides with car at New Lambton

BY JESSICA ROUSE & JARROD MELMETH

A motorcycle rider has suffered a serious leg injury after colliding with a car in New Lambton on Monday night.

NSW Ambulance said they were called to the scene just after 6pm where they treated a man in his late 40's who is believed to have suffered a near-amputation of his right leg and a suspected broken arm. 

The man was taken to the John Hunter Hospital in a serious condition.

It's believed the 24-year-old female driver of the car was turning right onto regent street from Rugby road when she collided with the motorcyclist.

The woman was uninjured.