A scooter rider has been injured in a collision with a car on a main road in West Cumbria.

Paramedics and police were called to the A596 at Wedgwood Street, Siddick, around 9.40am.

The scooter rider, a man in his 30s from Maryport, was taken to hospital. The extent of his injuries is not yet known.

The collision caused tailbacks in both directions between Helder Street at Siddick and Northside Roundabout, affecting anyone accessing Dunmail Park.

The road has now been cleared.