A CYCLIST has been taken to hospital following a crash involving a car and a stolen bike.

Police officers and paramedics were called to the incident on Kingshill, near the junction with Dunsford Close, shortly after midday.

A passing motorist who witnessed the aftermath of the incident described seeing a number of police vehicles, an ambulance and a paramedic rapid response car from the South Western Ambulance Service.

Wiltshire Police have confirmed that a male cyclist was injured when he collided with a Honda car.

He was treated at the scene before being taken to the Great Western Hospital - the nature of his injuries are unknown.

A spokesman for the force said: "The bicycle involved in the collision is believed to have been stolen from outside Robert Le Kyng School just prior to the collision.

"Our enquiries are ongoing."

If you can assist the police with any information, you can contact them using the non-emergency number - 101.

The ambulance service has been contacted with a request for information.