A motorcyclist was rushed to hospital on blue lights last night after sustaining serious injuries in a collision with a car in Redditch. 

The incident happened near the junction of Claybrook Drive and Millhill Road in the Matchborough area at around 5.35pm on Wednesday (January 31). 

An off-duty nurse stopped to assist the man before two ambulances, a paramedic officer and a MERIT critical care paramedic arrived at the scene. 

A spokesperson for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "The motorcyclist was found on a grass verge about 10 metres away from the car with the bike in a ditch. 

"The man was assessed at the scene before being taken to the ambulance for treatment.  He was assessed by the critical care paramedic before being taken on blue lights to the major trauma centre at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham – the critical care paramedic travelled with the crew. 

“There was a man and a woman in the car. Both were taken to The Alexandra Hospital in Redditch as a precaution for further assessment.”

West Mercia Police announced the road along Claybrook Drive would be closed both directions yesterday evening following the collision. 

It reopened shortly before midnight. 

A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: "We were called to a collision involving a car and a motorbike on Millhill Road in Redditch around 5.40pm yesterday ( 31 January).

"One man was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The road has now been reopened."