AN ELDERLY man was taken to hospital after a collision with a car in Wantage.

At about 9.45am yesterday the man was struck by a car in Partridge Close, behind the Ford dealership on Wallingford Road.

According to Thames Valley Police, the car was reversing at the time.

It is believed that a woman then took the injured man home. He was later taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital with head and shoulder injuries.

Police are looking to speak to anyone who saw the collision take place and are particularly keen to find the woman who took him home.