AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a motorcyclist was left with serious injuries following a crash in Airdrie. 

Around 9.55pm on Friday, 26 August, on Woodhall Street, at the junction with Kennelburn Road, a white Ford Fiesta was involved with a collision with a black Talaria Sting electric off road motorbike.

The biker, a 25-year old man, was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow with serious, but not life-threatening injuries.

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The driver of the car was not injured.

The road was closed for around four and a half hours to allow road collision investigation work to take place.

Road policing officer Brian Fowler said: “Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstance and we are appealing to anyone who may have seen what happened to get in touch.

“In particular if you have dash-cam or private CCTV footage that could assist with our investigation then please contact us.”

Anyone with information is asked to call Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 4028 of Friday, August 26.