A CYCLIST was rushed to hospital after they were hit by a police car responding to an emergency.

Emergency services including crews from the South East Coast Ambulance Service were called the A23 Old Steine at the junction with St James's Street, Brighton, around 8.40 pm yesterday.

It followed reports of a collision involving a marked police car responding to an emergency and a cyclist.

Pictures from the site show the windscreen of the police car smashed while a bicycle appearing to belong to a Deliveroo cyclist stood nearby.

Several officers were seen standing in the busy city centre street while they investigate the incident.

The cyclist, a 27-year-old man from Brighton, suffered minor injuries and was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton as a precaution.

The road remained closed for a short period of time while emergency services dealt with the collision.

A spokesman from Sussex Police said: "Around 8.40pm on Saturday, a collision occurred involving a marked police vehicle responding to an emergency call and a pedal cyclist on the A23 Old Steine at the junction with St James's Street in Brighton.

"The cyclist, a 27-year-old man from Brighton, suffered minor injuries and was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton as a precaution.

"The road remained closed for a short period of time while emergency services dealt with the collision."