Two in serious condition after motorcycle collision

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The collision of three motorcycles has left two people with serious injuries.

At about 3.25pm today a group of seven motorcyclists were travelling south on State Highway 5 at Wairakei, near Taupo, police said.

One of the motorcyclists crashed into two others.

Two of the riders were flown to Waikato Hospital with serious injuries.

Nobody else was injured.

State Highway 5 was closed for approximately two hours.