A motorcyclist has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following a collision in Hereford.

A spokesperson for West Midlands Ambulance Service told Your Herefordshire:

A motorcyclist has been treated for serious injuries and airlifted to hospital following a collision with a van this morning.

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the A480 in Hereford, near to the junction with Crescent Hill and sent one ambulance, a paramedic officer a BASICS doctor and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Strensham to the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “On arrival at the scene crews discovered one patient, the motorcyclist, who was a woman. 

“She had suffered serious injuries in the collision and ambulance staff immediately began administering treatment.

“She was then airlifted to Southmead Hospital in Bristol for further assessment.”