A MAN was rushed to hospital after being knocked off his bike in Southend this morning.

The crash, involving the cyclist, who is in his sixties, and a Ford Focus, occurred at 10am this morning at the junction of Sutton Road and Chandlers Way.

The man was given pain relief at the scene and taken to Southend Hospital with a suspected dislocated shoulder.

The roundabout at the junction of Sutton Road and Chandlers Way is still currently partially blocked.