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Fail-to-stop collision in Portesham causing serious injuries

Officers are appealing for a motorcyclist involved in a fail-to-stop injury collision in Portesham to come forward.

Dorset Police was called at 11.32am on Sunday 14 August 2022 to reports of a road traffic collision on the B3157 at Goose Hill involving two motorcycles that were travelling westbound toward Abbotsbury.

It is reported that the rider of one of the motorcycles failed to stop at the scene and an investigation is underway to identify and locate them.


This item has now been updated here: Update following reported fail-to-stop injury collision in Portesham


The rider of the other motorcycle, a man aged in his 20s, sustained serious injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment. His condition is not described as life-changing or life-threatening.

The road was blocked while emergency services dealt with the incident. It reopened at 2.04pm.

Police Constable Gavin Newbury, of the traffic unit, said: “I am appealing to anyone who witnessed this collision or captured anything of relevance on dashcam to please contact Dorset Police.

“I would urge the second motorcyclist involved in this incident to please make contact with us so we can establish what happened.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact Dorset Police at www.dorset.police.uk/contact, via email 101@dorset.pnn.police.uk or by calling 101, quoting occurrence number 55220132029. Alternatively, independent charity Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously online at Crimestoppers-uk.org or by calling Freephone 0800 555 111.

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