A male visitor was found with serious head injuries in the wake of an early morning crash today.

Police said that emergency services were dispatched to North Shore Road in Hamilton Parish, just east of the Bethel AME Church, shortly after 2am.

A spokesman said: “Upon their arrival, they found an unresponsive male visitor to the island lying on the roadway being assisted by other individuals.

“Reports are the male was riding east along the North Shore Road, when he lost control of the cycle as he attempted to negotiate a bend and struck a nearby rock wall.

“Emergency medical services personnel provided initial medical assistance to him at the scene before he was transported by ambulance to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for treatment for what is described as a serious head injury.”

Police blocked off traffic in the area, advising motorists to use Harrington Sound Road or South Road.

Anyone with information was asked to immediately call 211, or the main police number, 295-0011.