Motorcyclist in critical condition after crash near Gordon

At around 1.20pm, a black Kawasaki motorbike, driven by a 19-year-old man, was involved in a crash with a Skoda Yeti car, driven by a 53-year-old woman.

Police and ambulance attended and the 19-year-old man was taken by Air Ambulance to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, where staff describe his condition as critical.

The 53-year-old woman and her male passenger did not require hospital treatment.

Sergeant Dominic Doyle from the Road Policing Unit said: “I would appeal for any witnesses to the crash, or anyone driving on the road, shortly before the incident, to contact us.

Call 101 quoting reference number 1708 of August 8.