A MAN who suffered serious head injuries crashing his motorcycle into a stone wall has died.

James Hall, 44, from Colne was riding his Suzuki motorcycle back from Kirkby Lonsdale along the A682, around a mile south of the Todber Caravan Park in Gisburn in the direction of Barrowford, when the crash happened around 6.20pm.

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Police reported he overtook a gold Volkswagen Passat just before a right hand bend but veered on to a soft verge and lost control of the motorcycle, ultimately crashing in to a substantial dry stone wall.

He was then thrown from his motorcycle and was taken to Royal Preston Hospital, but sadly died on Sunday (May 29).

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101, quoting log LC-20160520-1230.