A MOTORCYCLIST was taken to hospital after a two-vehicle crash closed a section of Barrack Road in Christchurch.

Dorset Police say they were called at 5.53pm on Monday, April 11, to the collision in Barrack Road which involved a white Seat Ibiza and an orange Herald motorcycle.

The road was then closed at Jumpers Road.

The motorcycle rider, a male, was checked over at the scene by a doctor and subsequently taken to hospital by his family.

There are no updates on injuries sustained.

Police reopened the road just before 6.30pm.