Crash causes delays

A PEDESTRIAN was injured in a crash with a motorcycle in Dalston Lane yesterday afternoon (August 26).

Paramedics treated a man, believed to be in his 50s, who was hurt when he collided with a man on a motorbike shortly before 2.10pm.

A spokeswoman for London Ambulance Service said the pedestrian was conscious and breathing but was taken to Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel.

She said he was not believed to have been in a serious condition.

Dalston Lane was closed causing long delays for commuters and motorists travelling through Hackney, but the road was open again at 5.30pm.