A female rider was in hospital after her motorcycle struck a wall early this morning at North Shore Road in Hamilton Parish, just west of the Shelly Bay MarketPlace.

The serious single vehicle crash occurred shortly after 12.30am, according to a police spokesman, as the rider was travelling east.

As of 2.30am, the woman, who was taken by ambulance to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, was said to be unconscious.

North Shore Road was closed to traffic around the scene of the accident, with diversions onto Radnor Road.

Any witnesses were asked to call the main police telephone number, 295-0011, as soon as possible.