POLICE have issued a new appeal for witnesses to a crash near Sutton-in-Craven in which a 17-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured.

The teenager, from Haworth, was riding a red Honda XR125 which was involved in a collision with a blue Skoda Citigo on Long Gate.

He was taken by air ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary, where he remains in a stable condition.

The driver of the Skoda, a 29-year-old Keighley man, was also injured. He was taken to Airedale Hospital, but has since been discharged.

North Yorkshire Police want anyone who witnessed the accident – which happened at about 6pm on April 30 – or saw the vehicles prior to the incident, to get in touch.

If you can help, email MCIT@northyorkshire.police.pnn.uk or call 101, option 2, and ask for the Major Collision Investigation Team.