THE Police helicopter was sent to search for a motorist who fled following a single-vehicle crash in Lytchett Matravers last night.

A call was made to Dorset Police at 9.40pm with a report of the incident on Foxhills Road, leading to officers attending and finding that the silver Alfa Romeo had been abandoned.

The area was then searched by the helicopter to find any people connected with the car, with a call to recover the vehicle from the scene made at 10pm.

No people were located. Dorset Police said that investigations continued to locate the owner of the vehicle and establish the cause of the crash.