A MAN has been arrested after a crash at Holdenhurst Road early this morning.

Dorset Police were called to the scene outside Tesco Express in Lansdowne where a car was found to have crashed.

The blue Volkswagen Polo was found to have collided with a traffic light at the pedestrian crossing.

Officers were called at 5.39am.

A spokesperson for Dorset Police said: “It was a single vehicle road traffic collision and a man has been detained.

“It appears the vehicle went into a lamppost and a male has been arrested for motoring offences.”

No one was believed to have been injured in the crash, and passers-by were seen to stop and speak to the driver shortly after the crash.