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NHS blood courier killed in motorbike crash

Aled Scourfield & Antonia Matthews
BBC News
BBC Police car stationary on road which has been cordoned off with blue and white police tape. Blue signs have been put up on the road saying Police Accident and Police Road Closed in English and in Welsh alongside orange and white cones. There is a bend in the road and hills and fields are visible behind.BBC
The collision happened at Pentregalar in Pembrokeshire on Wednesday evening

A motorcyclist who was carrying blood supplies for the NHS has died after being involved in a crash.

The man in his 70s was riding a Blood Bikes Wales Honda motorbike that collided with a white Volkswagen van on the A478 between Glandy Cross and Blaenffos in Pembrokeshire at about 18:25 BST on Wednesday.

Blood Bikes Wales volunteers help the NHS by delivering emergency blood, donor milk and medical equipment between hospitals.

Dyfed-Powys Police said the rider died at the scene and the 56-year-old driver of the van was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and he remains in custody.

The road was closed overnight for an investigation into the crash and re-opened at 06:45 on Thursday.