A ROAD was closed this afternoon after a serious crash involving a car and a motorbike.

An air ambulance was called to the scene after the accident, which happened in Upper Dukes Drive in Eastbourne shortly before 4pm.

The road was closed both ways from Wellcombe Crescent to Beachy Head Road, as emergency services atteneded to the crash.

One person is reported to have been taken to hospital in an air ambulance, which landed in the grounds of St Johns Meads school.

Police attended the scene shortly after 4pm.

The force has not confirmed the extent of the injuries.