A man has been taken to hospital after being in collision with a bus in Newport this afternoon.

Witnesses said the man was struck a ‘glancing blow’ by the single-decker vehicle on South Street just yards from the bus station.

Around a dozen people were in the vehicle, the route 1 from Cowes to Newport, when the collision happened at around 3.45pm on Thursday(December 16).

The injured man, who is believed to aged in his early twenty and from the Newport area , was transported to St Mary’s Hospital, by IW ambulance where his condition was tonight described as “serious”.

Police have launched an investigation into the accident and are appealing for witnesses in the area to come forward.

Mark Morgan , operations director for Southern Vectis, who run the service, said: “It is too early to tell what has happened, but we are assisting the police with their investigation.

“The driver of the bus was very shaken but apart from that she wasn’t injured.”

He added that none of the passengers on the bus had been hurt.

The road has been closed while the scene was cleared and police gathered evidence.

A spokesman for Hampshire and IW Police said” Officers were called to South Street in the Newport just after 3.3opm today after reports of a Road traffic collision. The spokesman was unable to confirm any further details.