A 58-year-old woman remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital just over a week after a motorcycle crash on the outskirts of Whitwell, which tragically claimed the life of a 62-year-old man.
As previously reported by Island Echo, emergency services were called to the scene on Niton Road, near the junction with Southford Lane, shortly before 21:00 on Wednesday 1st July.
A green Kawasaki motorcycle, being ridden by a 62-year-old, collided with a yellow VW Transporter as it exited a bridleway. Tragically, the motorcyclist was killed in the crash and his pillion passenger was left in a life-threatening condition. She was flown directly to Southampton by air ambulance.
The occupants of the VW Transporter, understood to be a woman and her young child, were left shaken and the child sustained a shoulder injury.
Police have confirmed that the pillion passenger remains in a critical but stable condition in Southampton General Hospital. Island Echo understands she has been placed in an induced coma.
Anyone who saw the collision or has any information, or dashcam footage, is asked to contact Hampshire Constabulary by calling 101 and quoting Operation Overlay / 44200241182.
