A policeman from Malton was taken to hospital with a broken collarbone and a broken wrist after coming off his police motorcycle.

Traffic constable Ian Jefferson came off his motorbike on Whitby Road, near Pickering Infants School yesterday at 3.20pm.

No other vehicle was involved in the accident and PC Jefferson was taken to Scarborough District Hospital.

Updated: 11:18 Tuesday, April 03, 2001