A motorcyclist has been seriously injured following a crash in Hastings.
Emergency services were called to two crashes just minutes apart on Thursday morning in different suburbs of Hastings.
A man in his 40s was taken to hospital following a motorcycle crash on Caernarvon Dr in Flaxmere about 7.50am.
"A motorcyclist was seriously injured after falling from their bike," a police spokeswoman said of the incident.
Paramedics treated the patient before taking him to hospital.