A MOTORCYCLIST has been taken to hospital with a suspected broken arm after coming off his Kawasaki machine on the Aire Valley Trunk Road.

The accident happened shortly before noon today on the A650 at Crossflatts.

An off-duty paramedic passing the scene was among motorists who stopped to give assistance to the man until emergency services arrived.

Police and the ambulance service attended.

The closure caused long tailbacks of traffic which was being redirected along Keighley Road.