A rider was taken to hospital tonight after a two-vehicle crash in Paget, police said.

Emergency services were called to the incident, which involved a car and a motorbike, on South Road shortly after 8pm.

A police spokesman said that the rider was taken by ambulance to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for treatment but the extent of his injuries was unknown.

Traffic diversions were in place at the South Road junctions with Southcote Road and Cobb’s Hill Road.

Motorists were asked to take alternative routes while police carried out investigations.