A MOTORCYCLIST was seriously injured after being thrown from his bike.

Carl David Porter, aged 37, of Ashdale Road, Hindley, was riding his Yamaha bike along Liverpool Road, Platt Bridge, Wigan, just after 1.15pm on Saturday.

Police believe Mr Porter may have lost control of the bike which then collided with a parked Metro car before Mr Porter was thrown along the road, into a parked Austin Montego car.

He was taken to Wigan Hospital, having suffered multiple pelvic fractures, and was later transferred to Hope Hospital, Salford.