Man left with 'potentially serious injuries' after falling from motorbike in Dudley closing busy road
A man has been taken to hospital with "potentially serious injuries" after falling from his motorbike in Dudley.
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The incident happened near to the Thornleigh Trading Estate, off Duncan Edwards Way, on Monday afternoon.
Ambulance crew were called to the scene at around 12.06pm where they found a motorcyclist hurt.
A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We were called to reports of a patient who had fallen from his motorbike near to Thornleigh Trading Estate.
"One ambulance, a paramedic officer, a MERIT trauma doctor with a critical care paramedic and the Trust’s Hazardous Area Response Team attended the scene.
"On arrival we discovered one patient, a man. He was treated for potentially serious injuries before being taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham."
Duncan Edwards Way was shut off to traffic in both directions, between Cinderbank and the Scotts Green Island, as a result of the incident.
In a statement to X, formerly twitter, at around 2pm West Midlands Roads wrote: "A461 Duncan Edwards Way both ways between Cinderbank and Scotts Green Island, Dudley. Road closed. Collision."
