A MAIN road through Ferndown has reopened after a crash earlier this morning.

Police, paramedics and firefighters were called to Victoria Road at 8.45am after two cars were involved in a collision.

The road was shut both ways between Queens Road and the A348 Ringwood Road until around 11am.

A spokesperson from Dorset Police said: "One person was cut free from one of the vehicles involved.

"The casualty has been taken to hospital."

A spokesperson from the fire service said: "We were called to the scene a bit later, at 9.30am.

"There were two cars involved in this collision. One woman was uninjured. However, the second casualty, another female, was trapped in the vehicle as a result of her injury."

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