\n Emergency services, including two air ambulances, were called to Reeth Road in Richmond around 12.25pm yesterday (March 21) following the crash.\n<\/p>\n
\n North Yorkshire Police have now confirmed the rider of the motorbike and the passenger suffered serious injuries.\n<\/p>\n
\n Two patients were airlifted to hospitals in separate aircraft, one to the RVI in Newcastle and the other to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.\n<\/p>\n
\n Two people were airlifted to hospital (Image: THE NORTHERN ECHO)\n<\/p>\n
\n A North Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: “We are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision on Reeth Road, Richmond.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It occurred at about 12.25pm on Saturday (March 21) and involved a black Audi car and a motorcycle.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The motorcycle rider and pillion passenger sustained serious injuries, and were taken to hospital for treatment.\n<\/p>\n
\n “North Yorkshire Police are appealing for any witnesses, or anyone with dashcam footage, to get in touch.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Please email alyssa.upton@northyorkshirepolice.co.uk, or call North Yorkshire Police on 101 and ask for TC 1142 Alyssa Upton. Quote reference number 12260050582 when passing information.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Two patients were airlifted to hospital after a serious crash between a car and motorbike on Reeth Road in Richmond (Image: THE NORTHERN ECHO)\n<\/p>\n
\n Police closed the road following the crash, reopening it seven hours later at 7.30pm.\n<\/p>\n
\n A Yorkshire Ambulance Service spokesperson added: “We were called to reports of a crash between a car and a motorbike on Reeth Road in Richmond at 12.25pm today (March 21).\n<\/p>\n
\n “We sent two ambulances, a car and a team leader and requested support from two air ambulances.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n “Two patients were air lifted to hospital in separate aircraft, one to the RVI in Newcastle and the other to James Cook in Middlesbrough.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emergency services, including two air ambulances, were called to Reeth Road in Richmond around 12.25pm yesterday (March 21)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-489167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}