A cyclist has been taken to hospital after being involved in a collision with a car in Northumberland.
Emergency services were called to a crash between a car and cyclist on the A68 near Corbridge at 7.25am on Sunday.
The cyclist, a woman in her 50s, suffered back and hip injuries.
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She is also understood to have sustained arm injuries and a cut to her hands as a result of the collision.
Paramedics treated the woman at the scene before transporting her to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary.
A North East Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We received a call at 7.18am for a collision involving a car and a cyclist on roundabout for the turn-off to Riding Mill.
"We treated one patient for suspected hip and arm injuries before taking to RVI."
Police closed a section of the A68 to traffic close to the roundabout for the turn-off to Riding Mill for around two hours.
A Northumbria Police spokesman said: "At 7.25am on Sunday we received a report of a collision involving a car and a cyclist on the A68 near Corbridge.
"Emergency services attended and found a female cyclist in her 50s who had suffered a back injury and cuts to her hands.
"She was subsequently taken to hospital."
