POLICE are seeking a hit-and-run driver who left an elderly motorcyclist badly injured after knocking him off his machine.

The collision happened at 12.40pm on Sunday, when the 61-year-old man was riding his 900cc Yamaha from Guisborough, North Yorkshire, to Skelton, East Cleveland.

The rider was in collision with a red car as it turned around in a bus lane in Skelton High Street, opposite Dixon Street.

The motorist drove off, leaving the man lying on the ground with a broken collar bone and broken ribs.

He was later taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital for treatment.

Witnesses to the collision are asked to contact PC John Wilkinson, of Guisborough Police, on (01642) 302 626.