an 18-year-old youth in stable, but serious condition at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.

The teenager, who is believed to have serious head injuries, was found by a Police officer on patrol around 1.45 a.m. on Saturday.

He was laying on Middle Road, Devonshire, near the Montpelier Road junction, and his motor cycle was beside him, a Police spokesman said.

The man was rushed to the hospital's Intensive Care Unit where he remains.

Anyone with information about the accident is asked to contact P.c. John Lynch Wade at 295-0011.