A MOTORCYCLIST was taken to hospital this morning following a crash in Hereford.

The ambulance service were called at 6am to Grandstand Road to reports of a crash involving a motorcycle and a car.

One ambulance attended the scene and treated a 19-year-old man.

An ambulance spokeswoman said: “He suffered a suspected fractured shoulder and back pain.

“He also suffered some loss of consciousness so may have suffered from a head injury.

“He was given pain relief and taken to Hereford County Hospital on blue lights.”