An electric scooter rider is in Tauranga Hospital after a crash earlier this morning.

Emergency services were called to the crash on Cameron Road, between 2nd Ave and 3rd Ave, just after 8am.

A police spokesperson says the crash was between the electric scooter and a car.

'An ambulance has arrived at the scene, taking the scooter rider to hospital.”

Police were speaking with the driver of the vehicle.

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