A man has been taken to hospital with a serious head injury after being found lying in a road in St Albans last night.

The 47-year-old man was discovered in Homeswood Road at 11.19pm.

Ambulances from Hemel Hempstead and St Albans rushed to the scene and Dr David Gaunt, from BASICS London, was also called.

After being treated at the roadside the man was stabilised and taken to St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington.