A MAN is in a critical condition after crashing his electric scooter into a lamppost in Leeds.

Officers were contacted at 7.45pm by the ambulance service who were attending a road traffic collision on York Road.

The rider, 29, was travelling in a cycle lane near to the junction with Harehills Lane when he has lost control, colliding with a lamppost before falling from the scooter.

No other vehicle was involved.

He suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment.

Anyone who witnessed the collision or the circumstances leading up to it, particularly anyone with relevant dashcam footage, is asked to contact the Roads Policing Unit via 101 quoting reference 13220217860 or online via www.westyorkshire.police.uk/101livechat