A BIKER was seriously injured when he crashed through the rear windscreen of a car.

The 26-year-old from Stockton had to receive advanced medical treatment at the scene, between the village of Redmarshall, near Stockton, and the A66, at about 5.30pm last night.

The man was air lifted by the Great North Air Ambulance Service to James Cook University Hospital, where his condition was described this morning as serious but stable.