A MOTORCYCLIST was airlifted to safety following a crash in west Cornwall on Sunday.
The male, from Penzance, came off his vehicle at around noon on Sunday afternoon while travelling on the A30 to Sennen.
Police reported the rider to have "slid on the road" and come off his bike near Escalls Chapel on the road to the village.
Paramedics treated the motorcyclist at the scene, and he was airlifted to Royal Cornwall Hospital, at Treliske at 12.15pm suffered from injuries to his right leg – and reportedly a broken hip and femur.
No other road users were involved. Police closed Sennen's major link road from 12.35pm, reopening it by 2pm.
The rider was said to be "conscious and breathing".
Cornwall Air Ambulance were on a call at the Isles of Scilly at the time of the emergency call.
As a result Cornwall Search and Rescue attended the incident.