A DRIVER has been involved in an accident in a Dorset village.

Two fire engines from Sherborne Fire Station were called to a report that a car was on its side in Buckland Newton, near Sherborne, at 7.24pm yesterday.

The driver had climbed out of the car and crews flipped it back onto its wheels.

A spokesman for Sherborne Fire Station said: "Thankfully the driver was out of the vehicle and was being checked over by paramedics as we arrived.

"Crews assisted police officers with flipping the car onto its wheels and making it safe, as well as clearing the road."