Air ambulance medics treat motorcyclist after hitting lamppost in Swindon

UPDATED 10.40PM: A motorcyclist was treated by air ambulance medics and specialist doctors at the scene of a road traffic collision in Swindon tonight.

Emergency services were called to the incident in Hook Street, near the junction with Oatlands, at around 9pm after the rider crashed into a lamppost.

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Two specialist doctors from SWIFT Medics and two critical care medics from Wiltshire Air Ambulance – travelling in a rapid response vehicle and not the helicopter – attended the scene.

The road was closed in both directions between Hook and Whitehill Way until around 10.30pm.

A traffic officer was called to the scene to investigate the cause of the collision.

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