A MOTORCYCLIST has suffered serious injuries after a crash on Cromwell Avenue this morning.

Emergency services were called to the scene at 9.50am today, Tuesday, following a collision involving a motorbike and a car near St Gregory's Catholic High School.

A man in his 20s has been taken to Aintree Hospital after suffering injuries to his chest and arm. 

Cromwell Avenue and Canons Road were closed in both directions but they have since been reopened.