A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy has been taken to hospital following a collision with a car.

The incident happened in Day's Road in Swanage around 3.30pm this afternoon.

It involved a three-year-old boy and a VW Beetle, registered to a woman from Swanage.

According to a Dorset Police spokesman the child was taken to hospital as a precaution.

His injuries are not believed to be serious.