Biker is killed in accident

A motorcyclist has died after colliding with a car in Staffordshire.

The accident involving a black Suzuki motorcycle and a red Renault Clio happened on Power Station Road on the Rugeley Bypass near to the power station at about 3.05pm yesterday.

An air ambulance and three ambulance rapid response vehicles were sent to the scene between the junctions with the A51 and Station Road.

The 62-year-old rider of the motorcycle from Tamworth had been thrown off in the collision.

The driver of the car, a 17-year-old woman from the Uttoxeter area, was treated at the scene for shock but did not require hospital treatment.