Motorcyclist airlifted to hospital following crash that closed Northamptonshire A5

A motorcyclist was airlifted to hospital with “multiple fractures” following a collision that closed a five-mile stretch of the A5 through Northamptonshire on Sunday (October 16).

Police confirmed that the driver of a white Ford Transit van was also taken to hospital following the crash near Crick at around 1.10pm.

National Highways closed the A5 in both directions between the A428 and the #A426 in Warwickshire to allow an air ambulance to land.