Car hits pedestrian in Taradale, man in his 70s has serious injuries

Police and St John are still both on the scene. Photo / Warren Buckland

A man in his 70s has serious injuries after being hit by a car in Taradale.

Emergency services responded to the scene at 9.10am on Pembroke St near the intersection of Meeanee Rd.

The man was on Tuesday afternoon in a serious condition in Hawke's Bay Hospital.

Police staff remained at the scene for two hours, setting up a diversion that blocked Pembroke St and diverted any traffic down through Guppy Rd.

The cordons they had set up at Guppy and Meeanee Rd, Guppy and Cornwall Rd and Meeanee Rd and King St, were lifted at 11.30am.

Emergency services were then called to an incident in Napier about 3pm where a man came off his motorbike after suffering a medical event.

The incident occurred on Breakwater Rd in Napier near to the entrance of Napier Port.

The man was treated on the scene by ambulance staff and only suffered minor injuries from the crash.