Firefighters rescued a person from a vehicle after a crash on a main road north of Dorchester.

Emergency services were in attendance at the crash on the Old Sherborne Road near Charminster.

Police were called to the scene at 5.13pm on Friday, November 3 after a report of a single vehicle going off the road.

Road closures were in place on the road between the Rectory Lane and Piddle Lane junctions.

Fire crews from Weymouth and Dorchester were also on the scene along with the ambulance service.

Two of the casualties managed to climb out of the vehicle before the fire crews arrived, whilst a third was rescued by firefighters using hydraulic cutting equipment.

No serious injuries were reported.

Police had closed the road but it had reopened sometime around 6.40pm.

A spokesperson from Dorset and Wiltshire Fire said: “We received a call at 5.20pm on Friday 3 November about a road traffic collision on Old Sherborne Road, Cerne Abbas.

"Crews from Dorchester and Weymouth attended the incident involving a single vehicle which had left the carriageway. Two casualties had self-rescued prior to our arrival and a third was rescued by firefighters using hydraulic cutting equipment – they were then left in the care of our ambulance colleagues. Our stop was in at 6.09pm."