Girl seriously hurt after motorbike crash

Police are seeking the rider of the electric bike

A five-year-old girl has been seriously hurt after a hit-and-run outside her home involving an electric motorbike.

The incident happened on Thursday evening in Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, and left the girl with "potentially life-changing" injuries.

Police said the rider of an electric-blue and black Surron or Talaria-style electric motorbike collided with her on Brompton Road.

The rider has been described as a white male, aged around 17 to 18 years old. He was wearing black clothes, a hooded top, and a balaclava.

Police said the bike had a distinctive white or reflective wrap on its forks

The jacket of the rider had a "distinctive motif printed or embroidered across the rear of the shoulders", police added.

The bike had front forks wrapped in either white or reflective striping.

Officers have asked witnesses or anybody with either dashcam or doorbell footage to come forward.