A driver has escaped serious injury after a car crashed into woodland in Branksome.

The incident occurred at just before 8.03am in Western Road, Branksome.

A white Mini Cooper, registered to a woman from Christchurch, was on its side in hedgerows and trees.

The driver is reportedly up and walking but paramedics have been called.

A spokeswoman for the South Western Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 8.07am to reports of a single vehicle road traffic collision and the only person, believed to be the driver, was already out.

"We did send a rapid response vehicle but the person was treated at the scene and the call came to us by the police.”