A MAN has been airlifted to hospital after being involved in a crash on a major Cumbrian road.

The Great North Air Ambulance was called to reports of a road traffic collision involving a car and a motorcycle on the A6 at Clifton, near Penrith, shortly after 12.30pm today.

On arrival, the aircrew doctor and paramedic team assessed and treated a male for multiple injuries before flying him to hospital in Newcastle.

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