TWO people have been taken to hospital after a three-vehicle crash on a road in Purbeck.

Emergency services were called to the A351 in Wareham following reports of the incident shortly after 5.30pm.

The ambulance service took two people to hospital for injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.

The road remained closed for several hours as workers from Dorset Council highways department needed to clear fuel and debris from the road.

A Dorset Police spokesman said: "Dorset Police received a report at 5.38pm on Thursday, December 23, of a three-vehicle collision on the A351 between the Worgret Roundabout an the Saxon Roundabout at Wareham.

"Officers attended along with the ambulance service and two people were taken to hospital for treatment to injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.

"The vehicles were recovered and the road closures remained in place as the local authority was notified in relation to fuel and debris on the road."

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