MOTORWAY police have closed the slip road at junction seven on the M65 after a motorcyclist came off his bike.
An ambulance and police crews attended the scene near Accrington just before 9pm tonight.
The rider has been taken to hospital with a suspected broken arm and suspected broken leg but is thought to be in a stable condition.
A spokesman for Lancashire Police said: “We assume that the rider slipped off his bike because of the rain.
“No other vehicles were involved.”
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