A motorcyclist has been left with "serious" injuries after a collision with a car in Leicester . Leicestershire Police said it received a call at 6.20pm yesterday (Tuesday, August 26) about a crash involving a blue Honda Insight car and a red motorbike, in Strasbourg Drive, in the Beaumont Leys area.

Officers said the rider of the motorbike sustained serious injuries and was taken to hospital, where they remain today (Wednesday, August 27). The driver of the Honda was not injured, said police.

Strasbourg Drive was closed between Heacham Drive and Beaumont Leys Lane for approximately eight-and-a-half hours while emergency services dealt with the incident. It re-opened this morning.

Detective Inspector Parminder Dhillon, from the force’s Serious Collision Investigation unit, sai

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