An accident in Eastham on Friday night sadly resulted in the death of a 27 year old motorcyclist.

At around 8.20pm, police and the ambulance service were called to Ferry Road, responding to reports that a motorcycle had collided with a wall.

The motorcyclist was taken to hospital and sadly died a short while later.

His next of kin have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers at this time.

Sergeant Ged Ferguson, said: "An investigation is ongoing after a man sadly died following a collision in Eastham last night and we are keen to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident, or has any CCTV or dashcam footage which may assist our investigation."

Anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information is asked to call our Matrix Roads Policing Unit on (0151) 777 5747, email [email protected] or contact @MerPolCC on Twitter quoting reference 0979 of 13 August.