A MAN is in hospital with life-threatening injures following a crash in the Borders.

Police say a red Moto Guzzi motorbike, with a black side car, collided with a wall close to the Old Toll Bridge on the A707 near Selkirk at around 4pm yesterday (Saturday, June 26).

Emergency services attended and a 54-year-old man was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for treatment of life-threatening injuries.

The road was closed for around five hours to allow a full collision investigation to take place.

Sergeant Paul Ewing, of Police Scotland’s Road Policing Unit, said: “A man has sustained life threatening injuries as a result of this crash and we are appealing for information to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident.

“I would ask if you were driving in the area at the time and have any information that could help with our enquiries that you come forward and speak to officers.

“If there are any motorists with possible dashcam footage that could assist with our investigation, please get in touch with police.”

Police can be contacted by calling 101 and quoting incident number 2301 of Saturday, June 26, 2021.