EMERGENCY services have been called about a medical incident in Christchurch.

A passer-by reported seeing a person lying in the road where a bus and a two cars were parked up.

Paramedics from the South Western Ambulance Service are in attendance at the junction of Hurn Road and Hillside Road.

Police have also been alerted to the situation.

Traffic is building up along Fairmile Road and at The Grove roundabout as a result.

More follows.