A MOTORCYCLIST in his 40s has been flown to hospital with serious injuries after coming off his bike on Wharf Road, Wroughton.

The road was closed from the Mill Road end to Blooms Garden Centre as police and ambulance dealt with the incident, which occurred at around 1.25pm.

Wiltshire Air Ambulance flew the man, from Swindon, to Southmead Hospital, Bristol, with what what are said to be serious injuries.