A MOTORCYCLIST has suffered a head injury after being involved in a collision with a car in Southbourne this afternoon.

Police and paramedics were called to Parkwood Road at around 2.30pm.

A spokesman from the South Western Ambulance Service said the male motorcyclist sustained head and leg injuries.

He is currently being treated by paramedics at the scene.

A spokesman from Dorset Police said officers are in attendance.

The road remains open.

The force spokesman said the collision involved a silver motorcycle, registered to a woman from Bournemouth, and a silver Toyota Avensis, also registered to a woman from Bournemouth.