An off-road bike rider is in a serious condition in hospital after a crash with a Renault Clio driver in Fishwick.
Emergency services were called to the junction of Arnhem Road and Fishwick Parade.
Four other off-road bikes were also at the scene when the collision happened around 4pm on Sunday 28 December.
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Preston Police say the rider of the biker involved, a man in his 30s, was thrown from the bike and has multiple injuries. He was taken to Royal Preston Hospital.
The driver of the Renault Clio is unhurt.
Police say all the bikes had been removed from the scene before they arrived and all other riders had also scarpered.
An investigation is underway into the crash and a man in his 30s from Preston has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, and a second man, also in his 30s and from Preston, has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and assisting an offender. Both remain in custody.
Sergeant Josh Begbie of the road policing unit said: “This collision has left a man with some very serious injuries, and we are investigating the full circumstances surrounding the collision.
“I would appeal to anyone who saw what happened or who has any footage of either the collision itself or the bikes in the time before or after the collision, to get in touch.
“While we have made two arrests as part of our investigation, our enquiries are very much continuing.”
Anyone with information or who witnessed the crash is asked to call police on 101 quoting log 0626 of December 28 or you can email the serious collision investigation unit at SCIU@lancashire.police.uk
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