ICY weather caused problems across Dorset this morning.
In Bournemouth, a van driver lost control of his vehicle on ice and it collided with a parked car, which in turn went into a house.
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The incident happened opposite the garage on Malmesbury Park Road, Queens Park, Bournemouth, at just before 7am.
Police said no one was injured but an internal wall was cracked.
A Wilts and Dorset bus skidded on ice in the New Forest this morning and landed in a ditch. The accident happened as the 176 bus was travelling from Ringwood via Thorney Hill, to Christchurch.
A spokesman said the bus was travelling “gently” due to icy conditions on the roads but unfortunately slid off the road and into a ditch. There were three passengers and the driver onboard, no one was injured. A new bus was sent to Thorney Hill and the driver continued the journey.
And at Gore Farm in Shaftesbury, a milk tanker got stuck and a recovery vehicle could not reach it because of the icy roads at 5am.
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Last night, a blue Peugeot 206 slid into a house in Kingsbere Lane, Shaftesbury, damaging the front door and its frame and the wall of a toilet, at 8.50pm on Sunday.
There are also numerous reports of icy conditions on minor roads across the county.
Snow fell in many parts of Dorset from around 7pm on Monday but mostly did not settle.
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