A RADCLIFFE man escaped injury when he was involved in a collision with a motorcycle yesterday in Wakefield Road, Stalybridge, Tameside.

Peter Jeff, 33, was driving a Ford Transit van when it collided with a motorbike coming towards him. The bike was trying to overtake a slow-moving Bedford van.

The bike rebounded off the Transit into the path of the Bedford van and the rider, John Holland, 26, received serious injuries. He was taken to Tameside General Hospital and later transferred to Withington.

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