EMERGENCY services attended a crash on the A31 where a car had hit a telegraph pole.

Dorset Police received a call at 2.01pm on Monday to the A31 Ringwood Road by the hospital.

Police, ambulance and fire crews attended, and the force spokesperson said the vehicle was waiting to be recovered.

A spokesperson for Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were called to the A31 Ringwood Road, St Leonards and St Ives at 2.06pm today after a car was in collision with a telegraph pole.

“Two fire crews attended, from Ferndown and Ringwood; however, nobody was trapped and we were only required to make the scene safe. Our stop came at 2.22pm.”