A DORSET road was closed this morning after a collision involving two vehicles.

The B3082 Wimborne Road was closed at the Crossroads junction in Tarrant Keyneston, near Blandford Forum.

An elderly woman was taken to hospital and treated for shock.

The route has now been reopened.

A Dorset Police spokesman said: "We were called at 11.07am to reports of a two vehicle road traffic collision outside the True Lovers Knot pub in Tarrant Keyneston.

"We were called by the ambulance service and Dorset Fire and Rescue was also called.

"One woman had minor injuries caused by a seatbelt.

"The vehicles involved were a silver Toyota Prius, registered to a woman from London, and a grey Volkswagen Passat, registered to a woman from Wimborne."

A spokesman for South Western Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 11.04am to a two car road traffic collision.

"There was one elderly casualty, who was taken to Dorset County Hospital to be treated for shock."