A 60-YEAR-OLD South Australian man was taken to Wimmera Base Hospital after being flung from his motorcycle, skidding 25 metres and crashing into a power pole. 

Sergeant Julie Bergen said the rider was travelling north west on Dimboola Road, Horsham on Monday evening when his bike flipped under him during a soft right turn in the road. 

She said the motorbike and rider slid along the road for 25 metres until the bike stopped against a wooden power pole, causing the rider to be flung over the bike and into the pole. 

Sergeant Bergen said the man’s upper body hit the pole, and he was taken to Wimmera Base Hospital for an assessment of injuries. 

She said the man was wearing full protective gear at the time. 

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A MOTORCYCLIST has been injured in a vehicle incident on Dimboola Road just outside May Park that occurred at about 6.30pm on Monday evening.

An ambulance and the Country Fire Authority have attended the scene near the intersection of David Street and Baillee Street between Coles Express Service station and May Park.

Paramedics were treating the motorcyclist on scene as of 7pm.

The Country Fire Authority has closed part of an outbound lane on Dimboola Road starting at the entrance to the Sports and Community Club car park.