A MOTORCYCLIST has suffered life-threatening injuries after colliding with a car in Brighton.

Emergency services were called at 5.30pm on Saturday to the incident involving a grey BMW X5 and a black Keeway motorcycle in Wilson Avenue.

The motorcyclist, a 17-year-old boy from Croydon, was taken to hospital with serious injuries, including a life-threatening head injury.

The car driver, a 42-year-old woman, was uninjured.

The road was closed for several hours for investigation and recovery work.

Sergeant Vicki Rees said: “We are investigating a serious collision. Both vehicles were travelling south when the collision occurred. We want to hear from anyone who witnessed it or has any dash cam or CCTV footage of the incident.”

Email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk or ring 101 quoting Operation Planet.