Motorcyclist flown to hospital

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A seriously injured man was flown to Wellington Hospital after a crash involving two cars and a motorcycle on the Kapiti Coast this afternoon.

The crash happened at Otaihanga shortly before 4pm.

When the Wellington-based Westpac rescue helicopter arrived at the scene paramedics were already treating a 38-year-old Paraparaumu man who had been riding a motorcycle which was involved in the collision.

"By chance we had some training occurring at base so we were able to respond with two paramedics and a doctor," said helicopter crewman Dave Greenberg.

The man was suffering from multiple injuries, including serious leg injuries.

Police were tonight piecing together what had happened.

- NZPA