Motorcyclist taken to hospital after crash in Cannock

A motorbiker has been hospitalised after a collision in Cannock.

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Staffordshire Police and the West Midlands Ambulance Service were called out to reports of the collision on Victoria Street on Thursday evening and found a motorcyclist on the road near a black Yamaha motorbike.

Paramedics treated the man at the scene and transferred him to hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing, while recovery was arranged for the motorbike.

A spokesman for Staffordshire Police said: "We were called to Victoria Street, Cannock, at 5.30pm on Thursday following reports of a collision involving a black Yamaha motorbike.

"Officers went to the scene alongside paramedics from West Midlands Ambulance Service.

"The rider of the motorbike, a man, was taken to hospital.

"His injuries were not thought to be life-threatening or life-changing.

"Recovery was arranged."

The West Midlands Ambulance Service has been contacted for comment.