A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a crash in St Osyth last night.

The collision happened on the B1027 Colchester Road at about 10.25pm.

The motorcyclist, a 32-year-old man from Clacton, suffered multiple injuries and was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where his condition today remains serious.

He was riding a silver Honda motorbike towards Clacton when he was involved in a collision with a blue Vauxhall Zafira travelling in the opposite direction.

A 45-year-old woman from Brightlingsea who was driving the Zafira, and a 12-year-old boy who was with her, had slight injuries.

The road was closed until 3.30am for vehicle recovery and for police forensic investigation work.

A volunteer doctor from the Suffolk Accident Rescue Service attended the scene and worked with paramedics from the East of England Ambulance service to treat the motorcyclist’s multiple life-threatening head, chest and limb injuries.

Any witnesses who have not yet contacted police or anyone with information about events leading to the collision should contact officers at Stanway Road Policing Unit on 101.