A 55-year-old motorist has been seriously injured after colliding with a taxi on the M23 road in the O’Donell direction, a spokesperson for Madrid Emergencies has reported.

It is a collision between a motorcycle and a taxi; the motorcyclist was joining the bus-motorcycle lane when he collided. The call to the Emergencies to report the accident occurred around 8:15 am on Wednesday morning.

The motorcyclist, a 55-year-old man, has been transferred by Samur in a very serious condition to the Gregorio Marañón Hospital with head and pelvic trauma and a leg in a “catastrophic state”. The M-23 has been cut during the intervention and the Municipal Police are investigating the causes of the incident.