British biker, 64, is fighting for his life in hospital after his motorbike crashed head-on into a car in Spain

By NATALIA PENZA and JOSHUA HAINING, NEWS REPORTER Published: 16:46, 20 June 2026 | Updated: 16:48, 20 June 2026 A British motorbike rider was left fighting for his life after a head-on collision with a car in northern Spain yesterday. The 64-year-old was rushed to hospital in an air ambulance and is said to be in a 'very serious' condition following the crash. He collided with a pick-up truck driven by a 50-year-old Spanish woman as he rode his motorbike on the N-260 road in the municipality of Montanuy, close to the Catalan border. Emergency medical responders treated him at the scene before taking him to Arnau de Vilanova Hospital in the city of Lerida 85 miles south of the crash. The driver of the car was unharmed in the crash which occurred at about 7.40am on June 19.  An investigation by the Civil Guard, the police force leading the probe, was still ongoing this morning and a cause of the collision is not yet known. It is also not clear whether the motorbike rider was travelling with others or alone.  Hospital officials have yet to offer an update on the man's condition but he was said to be in a 'very serious' condition when he was transported to hospital - first in an ambulance before being taken the rest of the way in a helicopter.  A 64-year-old British man is in a 'very serious' condition in hospital after colliding with a pick-up truck in northern Spain The Briton was transported part of the way to hospital in an ambulance before he was airlifted in a helicopter The motorcyclist is currently in Arnau de Vilanova Hospital in the city of Lerida 85 miles south of the crash The British motorcyclist was riding along the N-260, a historic 300-mile long national highway running east to west along the southern foothills of the Spanish Pyrenees. It connects the Mediterranean coast at Portbou at the French border to the town of Sabinanigo in the province of Huesca. The motorbike crash is not the first time a Briton has been involved in a head-on collision in Spain in recent years. In May 2025, a millionaire British businessman died in front of his daughter after hitting a van during a motorbike holiday in northern Spain. Entrepreneur Paul Gerard Tustain, 62, was killed on a road near the town of Pamplona where the famous San Fermin festival takes place every year. The London-based businessman was the founder and chairman of BullionVault, the world’s largest online bullion investment service, and WhiskyInvestDirect.com, which organised bulk crowdfunding of in-barrel Scotch whisky maturation. Before venturing into the finance and investment sector Mr Tustain founded SAM Systems which specialised in mid and back office functions of the banking and stockbroking sectors.  Just days earlier, a British couple aged 78 and 58 died after their Ferrari skidded off the road and plunged into a river in Boca de Huergano in the province of Leon, around four hours west of that fatal accident. The pair, driving a UK-plated vehicle, were found by rescuers after they reached the black Ferrari 488’s remains lying in the Yuso river.  No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.