POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information following a road traffic collision involving an electric bike near St Austell.

Emergency services were called to the A3058 at Lanjeth at around 10.40pm on Thursday, July 25.

A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesperson confirmed: “As a result of the collision a local man in his 30s was taken to Royal Cornwall Hospital with potentially life-changing injuries.”

Officers from Devon and Cornwall Roads Policing Team attended the incident and carried out a detailed investigation of the scene.

Anyone with any relevant information or dash-cam footage which may assist the investigation is asked to contact police via the website or by calling 101 quoting reference log 1042 of 25 July.