A PERSON has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car outside Taunton Police Station.

Emergency services attended the incident in Burton Place, off Upper High Street, shortly before 5pm.

The victim was taken to Musgrove Park Hospital by ambulance.

The extent of their injuries is unknown.

A South Western Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We were called just before 5pm to a collision between a pedestrian and a car.

"A patient has been taken to Musgrove Park Hospital.

"Police also attended."