A visiting couple are recovering in hospital after being injured in a road accident yesterday.

The 58-year-old man and 56-year-old woman were on a rental motorcycle when they crashed into a wooden railing near Shark Hole hill, on Harrington Sound Road, near the junction with Quarry Road, at about 1pm.

The pair, said to be from New York, were taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital via ambulance for treatment.

This morning, police said they were recovering in stable condition on a general ward.

Witnesses should telephone police on 295-0011.