A MAN was taken to hospital following a crash in the city.

The incident took place on Caerleon Road in Newport near the junction to Bath Street.

An eyewitness said that the road was closed during the incident.

A spokesman for the Welsh Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 4.45pm and attended a RTC where a man fell off his motorbike when it went into a wall. An ambulance and doctor was on the scene.

“He was transposed to Royal Gwent but a further update is not available at this time.”