A MOTORCYCLIST was taken to hospital with a head injury after a crash with a parked car.

Police and ambulance were called to Kiln Lane in Eccleston in the early hours of Monday (August 10) after the collision.

Officers say a motorbike was in collision with a parked car.

The motorcyclist, a man in his 30s, was taken to Aintree Hospital after the crash

Emergency services attended the scene shortly after midnight.

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A Merseyside Police spokeswoman said: "We had a report of a road traffic collision involving a motorbike at 12.20am yesterday (Monday, August 10).

"The motorbike was in collision with a parked car.

"The male rider, who was in his 30s, was taken to hospital with a head injury."

A North West Ambulance spokeswoman added: "We got a call at 12.16am and we have taken a male patient to Aintree Hospital with a head injury."