SHOCKING images of a smashed-up police car have been shared after a crash on the Upton Bypass last week.

Two people were injured during a crash between a bus, ambulance and police car on the A35 on January 30.

Officers and paramedics had been dealing with a single vehicle crash on the Upton Bypass near the Bakers Arms roundabout when a bus collided with a police car and ambulance shortly before 3.30am.

Following the incident, part of the carriageway was closed for seven hours while emergency services worked at the scene.

A Dorset Police spokesman said: "In the early hours of Thursday, January 30, police and the ambulance service were dealing with a non-injury single vehicle collision on the Upton bypass toward Bakers Arms roundabout when at 3.23am it was reported that a bus had collided with the police and ambulance vehicles.

"Two people sustained minor injuries.

"The local authority was called in order to deal with debris on the road."

Police have shared images of the wreckage as a warning to drivers. A spokesman said: "[This is] an important reminder of how dangerous the roads can be. This is one of Poole Patrol's fleet that was damaged in the coach crash on the A35 on January 30, close to the Bakers Arms roundabout.

"On this occasion noone was in the police vehicle and as such only two people sustained minor injuries."