A motorbike rider is in hospital under police guard following a crash this afternoon in Cessnock, it’s alleged the motorcycle collided with a car.
Emergency services were called to the intersection of King and Cooper Streets shortly after 3pm when the motorcycle and a car collided.
The rider of the bike fled the scene on foot, but was located on Cumberland Street a short time later.
Police are expected to lay charges when the rider is released from hospital.
This incident followed the death of teenage motorbike rider yesterday in Cardiff.