A motorcyclist died today in a crash which also left two children injured.

The collision between two cars and the motorbike happened on the B480 Watlington Road at Chalgrove.

Six paramedics were called but the motorcyclist, who has not yet been named, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two children, aged four and one, were taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, along with a 31-year-old woman who suffered lower leg injuries.

Police closed the road and re-directed traffic through Chalgrove.

Just an hour earlier, another one-year-old baby was hurt when two cars crashed head-on on the A40 eastbound near Cassington.

A 50-year-old woman was taken to hospital and a 36-year-old woman and the baby were treated at the scene.

Story date: Friday 05 February

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