PART of the West Stafford bypass near Dorchester was closed after a pick-up truck overturned today.

The crash happened just east of the Lower Bockhampton turning shortly before 1pm.

A Dorset Police spokesman said the driver of the silver Mitsubishi, registered to a Dorchester man, suffered a possible head injury.

There was debris on the road for some 60 metres following the smash and officers closed the route between Lower Bockhampton and Crossways.