Lorry driver arrested after motorcyclist killed (From Burnham and Highbridge Weekly News)
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Lorry driver arrested after motorcyclist killed
6:35pm Saturday 20th October 2012 in Highbridge
Lorry driver arrested after motorcyclist killed
POLICE have arrested a 48-year-old lorry driver from Highbridge after a motorcyclist was killed and pillion passenger seriously injured in a collision in Gloucestershire.
The incident happened just before 9am when the motorcyclist, from Stroud, was riding on the A38 in Quedgeley when he was in collision with a lorry.
His passenger, a woman aged 21 from Stonehouse, is being treated in Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, for life-threatening injuries.
The BBC has reported that the 48-year-old from Highbridge was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving.
