Summary

  • Updates from Friday 29 March 2019

  • Eve Leatherland murder: Thomas Curd jailed for life

  • Humpback whale spotted off Cornwall

  • Level crossing crash: Flowers laid at scene

  • Motorcyclist sustains 'potentially life-threatening' injuries

  • St Merryn Meats faces closure with 173 jobs at risk

  1. BBC Devon & Cornwall Live: 29 Marchpublished at 08:26 Greenwich Mean Time 29 March 2019

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  2. Motorcyclist sustains 'potentially life-threatening' injuriespublished at 08:18 Greenwich Mean Time 29 March 2019

    Jenna Hawkey
    BBC News Online

    A motorcyclist has sustained potentially life-threatening pelvic injuries following a crash in Truro, external.

    Emergency services were called to the A390 Treyew Road just after 17:00 on Thursday to reports that a motorcycle and a silver Honda had collided at the junction with Chapel Hill.

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    The A390 junction with Chapel Hill

    The driver of the car was uninjured. The motorcyclist, a 58-year-old local man, remains in hospital.

    The road was close for more than seven hours to allow emergency services to work at the scene.

    Police are appealing for witnesses.