A BIKER has been injured in a road crash in Southend.

A motorbike and a car collided in Manners Way, Southend, at about 3.25pm today.

The biker, a man in his 50s, was conscious and breathing but had suffered leg and neck injuries.

He was lifted on a spinal board ready to be taken to hospital.

A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service said his injuries were not life-threatening.