A busy Dorchester road was blocked after a three car collision.

The incident happened on Cornwall Road, next to the town's Borough Gardens.

Two police cars and one ambulance were called to the scene, and a police officer was directing traffic around the incident.

A spokesman for Dorset Police said: “We were called to the incident at 1pm. The collision involved three vehicles - a silver Vauxhall Frontera registered to a woman from Weymouth, a blue Peugeot 207 registered to a man from Weymouth and a black BMW registered to a man from Shaftesbury.

“One person suffered slight injuries and an ambulance was called.”

The BMW and Peugeot were removed from the scene just after 1.30pm. 

A spokesman for South Western Ambulance said they attended the scene as paramedics were driving past when the incident happened, but nobody was injured in the collision.