A MOTORBIKE rider and a passenger who was riding in a side car have been seriously injured after a crash.

At about 3.35pm today (Friday), Northumbria Police received a report of a collision between a motorcycle and a car at Simonburn.

Emergency services attended the scene and found the motorbike driver, and a passenger who was riding in a side car, had sustained serious injuries.

The occupants of the car were not seriously injured.

A police spokesman confirmed the road remains closed while emergency services respond to the incident.

Any witnesses to the collision, or anyone with information about the collision, is asked to contact police online on their website quoting log 675 25/06/21.