A motorcyclist has been seriously injured in a crash in West Howe.

The rider was in a collision with a car on South Kinson Drive.

A South West Ambulance Service spokesman they were called at 2.03pm.

They said a said a male casualty with multiple injuries was air lifted to Southampton General Hospital.

A police spokesman said they were called at 2.20pm and they had no information yet on the injuries.

The spokesman said South Kinson Road is closed to traffic and 'would remain closed for some time'.

One witness said: "I heard the car was a 4 X 4."

Another resident said: "There are four police cars and vans on the road and PCSOs have shut the road.

"Some residents are on the streets arm-in-arm, holding hands and comforting each other."