Around 2:30pm today (Friday, December 1st) police and first responders were dispatched to a report of a road traffic collision that took place on Wilkinson Avenue in Hamilton parish near the entrance to Crystal Caves.

Details are still unfolding but it appears that a truck and a motorcycle traveling in opposite directions collided.

The rider of the motorcycle has been taken to the hospital and his condition is believed to be serious.

The area was cordoned off and the scene is being processed.

Any witnesses are asked to contact the main police telephone number 295-0011.

5:45pm Update: Traffic diversions no longer in effect. Inquiries continue and the condition of the injured rider will be confirmed in due course.