A MOTORCYLIST has been taken to hospital after crashing in to a lamppost on the A354. 

Police were called shortly after 6am this morning to reports of a crash. 

The crash was near the Lane End Junction in Milborne St Andrew on Blandford Hill. 

A motorcyclist, a man from Bristol, had crashed in to a lamppost. 

He suffered an arm injury in the crash and has been taken to Dorset County Hospital for a check-up. 

Recovery has been requested for the motorbike. 

There was heavy traffic northbound on Blandford Hill but the road is now clear.