Traffic crash, Gladstone

Police are investigating after a traffic crash in Gladstone last night.

Preliminary information suggest around 9.05pm police allegedly detected a motorcycle travelling west at 131 kilometres an hour in a 80 kilometre along Kirkwood Road.

Police attempted to intercept the motorcycle, however it allegedly accelerated away from police who lost sight of it.

A short time later officers found the motorcycle crashed on Glenlyon Road.

The 19-year-old male rider from Kin Kora sustained a broken leg and a hip injury and was transported to Rockhampton Base Hospital.

The Ethical Standards Command has been advised.

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