POLICE from the Central West Crash Investigation Unit are investigating the circumstances surrounding a quad bike crash at Bathurst on Australia Day.
About 6.30pm police from Bathurst were called to a nature reserve between William Place and Minna Place in south Bathurst.
On arrival, emergency services located a 31-year-old man, believed to be the driver of the quad bike, and his 10-year-old male pillion passenger on the ground suffering injuries.
Both were treated at the scene before being taken to Bathurst Base Hospital where the driver is suffering internal injuries and the child sustained a laceration to the top of his head.