A 68-YEAR-OLD motorbike rider was airlifted to hospital after a collision with a car near Coniston on Saturday. 

The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) was called to the A5084 at around 5pm on September 24.

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The man was treated by the a GNAAS doctor-led trauma team for serious lower leg injuries.

He was then flown to Royal Preston Hospital, where he arrived in a stable condition.