A motorcyclist was rushed to hospital and then arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a crash near Bedfords Park this morning.

Police were called to a collision involving a car and motorcycle in Lower Bedfords Road shortly after 6am on Friday, March 18.

The motorcyclist, who is aged in his 30s, suffered a head injury and was taken to hospital.

A Met Police spokesperson confirmed the man was subsequently arrested on suspicion of drink driving.

His condition is not life-threatening, the spokesperson said.

The driver of the car stopped at the scene, and enquiries into the incident are ongoing.

Police officers and London Ambulance Service paramedics were at the scene.