A MOTORCYCLIST was seriously injured in a crash with a van that closed the Dartford Crossing yesterday evening. (July 8)

The collision between a Honda motorbike and a VW Caddy on the Kent-bound approach to the bridge at shortly before 5pm

The biker, a man in his 40s, was flown by air ambulance to the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel with serious arm and pelvic injuries.