A man has been injured after a car smashed into a central reservation on the Edinburgh city bypass.

The crash happened on the A720 heading westbound on approach to the Sheriffhall roundabout on the outskirts of the city.

A man in his 60s took ill at the wheel and has been taken to hospital following the crash at 1.40pm.

Officers have closed a stretch of the road.

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "A man has been taken to hospital by the Scottish Ambulance Service.

"The collision happened on the A720 westbound between the A68 slip road and the Sheriffhall roundabout

"One lane of the A720 is still closed while officers carry out collision investigations. Traffic is slow moving as a result."

A Scottish Ambulance Service spokeswoman added: "We dispatched two ambulances to the scene and one male patient in his 60s was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary."