A 70-YEAR-old man has been airlifted to hospital after sustaining serious injuries in a crash in Lymm this morning.

Cheshire Police were called to a collision involving a car and a cyclist at the junction of Eagle Brow and Brookfield Road in Lymm at 7.10am.

The cyclist, aged 70, was taken to Salford Royal Hospital by air ambulance after sustaining serious injuries in the crash.

Roads were closed following the incident but have since reopened.