A MAN has been taken to hospital after collapsing close to a supermarket in Burnley.

Paramedics could be seen treating the man close to the Tesco store at around noon today.

A North West Ambulance Service spokesman said that they had been alerted at 11.48pm about concerns for the man, who was close to the store on Centenary Way.

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It is thought the man may have become unwell and had collapsed.

The man was treated at the scene before being transported to Royal Blackburn Hospital for further treatment.