A MOTORCYCLIST needed emergency treatment after a crash in Southampton.

The male rider was knocked off his moped at the Sainsbury's car park, in Portswood, just before 7.30pm, after colliding with a red Ford Mondeo.

Shocked shoppers looked on as the man was thrown from his bike in the incident.

Debris was left strewn across the car park as paramedics rushed to the scene to treat the injured rider, who has now been taken to hospital by ambulance.

The extent of his injuries is currently unknown.