A motorcyclist has been seriously injured in a crash on the coast road.

Emergency services were called to the B3157 near Puncknowle shortly after 6pm last night.

The three-vehicle crash involved a black Honda motorcycle, a white Alfa Romeo Giulietta and a black Hyundai Getz.

The motorcyclist, a man in his 40s and from Blandford, was seriously injured and airlifted to Southmead Hospital in Bristol.

The road was closed until about 9pm.