A MOTORCYCLIST needed hospital treatment following a crash this morning involving a fallen tree near Kidlington.

South Central Ambulance spokeswoman Gill Hodgetts said staff were called to the A4095 Oxford Road, Kirtlington near Kidlington, about 5.25am, following the accident at the junction with the B430.

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She said: "A 51-year-old man was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford for treatment following the collision with a tree.

"His injuries were not thought to be life-threatening."