AN elderly man was airlifted to hospital after a crash on a Hampshire road.

The man, believed to be in his 70s, was in a serious condition after a collision between a car and a cyclist on the A3057 in Timsbury, near Romsey yesterday.

South Central Ambulance Service attended the scene at 12.35pm along with a rapid response vehicle and the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance.

The man was taken by air ambulance to Southampton General Hospital.