A PEDESTRIAN has been taken to hospital with a serious head injury after he was in collision with a car.

The man in his twenties was treated at the scene of the accident in Shirley Road, Shirley, Southampton, by an ambulance crew and a BASICS doctor.

They arrived within five minutes of being called at 7.17pm.

The injured man was taken to Southampton General Hospital.

Police closed off a section of Shirley Road in both directions, near to Foyes Corner, as they carried out an investigation of the scene. Local diversions were put in place.