Drivers faced delays after a traffic light pole was knocked down in a collision in Blandford. 

The incident has occured on the A350 at Durweston Bridge, at the junction with the A357.

Police say they received a report at 4.04pm today of a permanent traffic light knocked over.

A spokesman for Dorset County Council said engineers were on their way to investigate the incident, and that the traffic light pole had been "flattened".