A MOTORCYCLIST in his 20s was taken to hospital after a crash with a car.

Emergency services descended on the scene on Saturday night, shortly after 9pm, after the collision on Warrington Road, in Rainhill, at the junction with Old Lane.

A black motorbike and a black Ford car were involved in the crash.

The motorcyclist suffered a leg injury and was taken to hospital, police said.

The driver of the Ford stopped at the scene and is helping police with inquiries, a spokesman said.

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The Merseyside Police spokesman said: "We were called to Warrington Road, at its junction with Old Lane, at 9.15pm on Saturday, December 16, to a report of a collision involving  a black Ford car and a black motorbike

"The motorbike rider, a man in his 20s, sustained a leg injury and was taken to hospital for treatment.

"The driver of the car was uninjured and is helping police with inquiries."