A MAN was airlifted to hospital yesterday after being kicked in the head by a horse.

The accident happened at Upper Sapey, on the Bromyard to Stourport Road, near the Gate Hangs Well pub, at about 12.10pm.

The man, in his 20s, had been kicked in the front of his head, around the temple, and it was thought he might have a fractured skull.

He was flown to Selly Oak hospital.