LIVE: Police cordon off main road in Manchester city centre after person hit by car - updates

A main road in Manchester city centre is cordoned off this morning after a person was hit by a car.

Part of Upper Brook Street is currently closed off after the crash at around 8.30am this morning (Monday).

A male was struck by a car, a spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police confirmed.

The male has been taken to hospital. No further details on his injuries have been released at this stage.

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Investigations are ongoing on the scene this morning.

A stretch of Upper Brook Street, which runs adjacent to Oxford Road at the back of Manchester University, is closed off near the junction with Booth Street East.

Traffic is heavy in the area due to the closure.

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The cordon has been lifted now.

Upper Brook Street has just been opened to traffic

The van how now been taken away from the scene. The cordon remains in place and the road closed at this stage however pic.twitter.com/m2u0K8l6tu

Greater Manchester Police have confirmed it was a van which was involved in the collision with a pedestrian this morning. It has just been put onto the back of a low loading recovery truck inside the cordon pic.twitter.com/hlnWLElyTP

Paramedics were seen attending to a man.

Someone who works nearby has just said he came out earlier to see the road blocked off and two ambulances at the scene, with paramedics attending to a man.

A van inside the cordon was involved in the incident this morning, police have confirmed.

There is currently a silver coloured car and a grey van parked inside the cordon.

The van, which has its hazards on, is