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MOTORCYCLIST FLOWN TO HOSPITAL AFTER PACIFIC HIGHWAY CRASH

A motorcyclist is lucky to be alive after colliding with a car on the Pacific Highway near Tweed Heads.

Shortly before 5 o’clock yesterday a Ford Festiva and Ducati motorcycle were involved in a crash near Clothiers Creek Road.

The 56-year-old rider was flown to Gold Coast Hospital in a serious condition, suffering suspected spinal injuries

A 34-year-old woman, who was behind the wheel of the Ford was treated for minor injuries.

It was the second crash in the area in just over an hour, after a truck crossed onto the wrong side of the road, coming to rest in a cane field.

The truck driver was taken to Tweed Heads Hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

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