A 75-YEAR-OLD man was injured when his motorbike was in collision with a car in Newton Abbot.

The rider, from Combeinteignhead, was taken by ambulance to Torbay Hospital for treatment.

He is thought to have suffered a fracture in the collision, which happened at the Ashburton Road junction with Exeter Road.

His silver Moto Guzi bike was in collision with a bronze Peugeot estate from Newton Abbot at 6am last Friday.