Motorcyclist seriously injured on country lane
The 50-year-old man from Boroughbridge was riding near Ripon when his Kawasaki motorcycle collided with a Kia Niro on Sunday morning.
The three occupants of the grey Kia were uninjured.
North Yorkshire Police appealed for witnesses to the incident on a minor road between Pateley Bridge and Kirkby Malzeard at about 10:25 BST.
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