A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital after a crash with a truck this morning.
The incident in Cunningham Crescent, West Howe, happened around 9.12am.
A road closure is in place at Cunningham Crescent and Tedder Road.
The air ambulance was called to the incident and landed in Fernheath play park.
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) says it was called at 9.11am.
An operations officer and two double-crewed land ambulances rushed to the scene, while an air ambulance was also deployed – apparently landing on the Fernheath playing fields just off Fernheath Road.
A SWASFT spokesperson said: “We are conveying one patient to Poole Hospital by land ambulance.”
Dorset Police provided confirmation of the crash and said the motorcyclist was being taken to hospital.
The motorcycle was being recovered, they added.
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to the scene at 9.14am.
A spokesperson said: "Appliances from Redhill, Westbourne, Poole and Blandford were mobilised and on arrival crews found this to be a two vehicle RTC involving one car and one motorbike.
"Crews asisted with scene safety only, the stop message came back at 9:28am and crews left the scene by 10am."
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