Driver Charged After Motorcyclist Injured

A driver has been charged by police after a motorcyclist was injured in a crash in Market Harborough town centre.

The male rider was taken to University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire for treatment, after being involved in collision with a car on the High Street on Friday evening.

Leicestershire Police say his injuries were not believed to be life-changing or life-threatening.

Emergency services were called to the collision near the Bowden Lane junction just after 7.30pm.

A 44-year old man from Market Harborough has been charged with failing to stop at the scene of a collision, driving without insurance and failing to provide a breath sample for analysis.

He is due to appear before Leicester Magistrates’ Court today (Monday 20 January).

The top of the High Street was closed to traffic while emergency services worked at the scene.