Published: September 2, 2008
Motoryclist injured in accident on Burnham-On-Sea seafront

A motorcyclist was taken to hospital with a suspected broken arm after being thrown from his machine on Burnham-On-Sea's Esplanade on Tuesday evening (September 2nd).

An eyewitness at the scene told Burnham-On-Sea.com: "The motorcyclist had been travelling along the seafront when he hit a curb and then went into a rockery, sending the rider into some bushes."

Police and an ambulance rushed to the scene, outside Quantock Court, before the man, who was aged in his 20s, was taken to Weston-super-Mare General Hospital with a suspected broken arm and bruising.

The incident came just 24 hours after Esplanade resident Ian Halsley told town councillors at Monday night's council meeting about the "living hell" of noisy motorists "using the road as a race track until the early hours of most mornings."

Plans to introduce traffic calming along the Southern Esplanade were turned down by Somerset County Council last month, but town councillor Neville Jones vowed this week to keep up the pressure on the council to introduce changes.

Our photos show the damaged bike at the crash scene on Tuesday evening