RUSH-HOUR traffic was affected by a three-car crash close to the Tesco off Castle Lane East in Bournemouth.

A police spokesman said a man was taken to hospital with suspected whiplash after the collision on Riverside Avenue just before 5pm on Thursday.

The crash involved a black Seat Ibiza registered to a man from Bournemouth, a blue Ford Focus owned by another Bournemouth man and a Blue Renault Clio belonging to a Bournemouth woman.

The road was partially blocked until being cleared by 5.35pm