A motorcyclist is in the hospital’s intensive care unit after he suffered head injuries in a crash, police said today.

The 35-year-old man was hurt in a single-vehicle incident on Middle Road near its junction with Khyber Pass in Warwick.

A police spokesman said it appeared that the man was riding west when he hit a tree on a bend.

He was helped by passing motorists before an ambulance took him to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.

The crash happened on Saturday at about 11.50pm.

Police have appealed for witnesses.