A CYCLIST has sustained three fractures to her neck in a collision with a car beside a town centre roundabout.

The 35-year-old local woman was taken to the Friarage Hospital, in Northallerton after her bike collided with a blue Ford Fiesta, in Westgate, Thirsk, at 1.30pm on Monday (April 14).

Witnesses reported seeing the woman being thrown from her bike and landing on the road.

Officers believe that a number of people saw the collision and are urging anyone with information to call 101 or email don.wright@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk