A cyclist has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a coach.

Emergency services were called shortly before 8pm yesterday to Church Street in Broadstairs to a collision involving the coach and a bike rider at the junction with Albion Road.

A man in his 20s, the cyclist, was taken to hospital in London.

His injuries are not thought to be life threatening.

An air ambulance was called to the scene, but the man was taken to hospital by land ambulance.