A pedestrian has been taken to hospital with serious head injuries after colliding with a car this morning (Wednesday).

The ambulance service and Herts police officers were called to just outside The Millstream pub in Cambridge Road, Hitchin, at around 7.40am.

A man in his 30s suffered serious head injuries and was taken to Lister Hospital in Stevenage for further care.

The road has been closed in both directions between Walsworth Road and St Michaels Road.

The ambulance service also sent a critical care team and a response car to the scene.

Update: The road has now reopened and the patient is believed to have been transferred to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.