A MAN was taken to hospital after a car hit a tree in Creekmoor this morning.

The call was made to the emergency services just after 7.25am with reports of the single vehicle incident on Creekmoor Lane at the junction with Beechbank Avenue in Poole.

It involved a white Ford Fiesta registered to a man from Poole.

Officers from Dorset Police closed the road while emergency services were on the scene.

Firefighters stabilised the vehicle and removed the internal bulk head using small tools.

One man in his twenties was released on a spinal board at 7.53am and was taken to Poole Hospital for treatment by ambulance staff.

The road was fully re-opened by 8.25am.