A car and a motorcycle have been involved in a "serious crash" in north Dorset.

Police were called to Cook's Lane in Stalbridge this afternoon.

The road has been closed between the A357 and the A3030.

A spokesperson for Dorset Police said: ''We were called at 12.55pm on Thursday, August 22, to a report of a serious road traffic collision involving a car and a motorbike in Cook’s Lane near Stalbridge.

"Officers are in attendance with the ambulance service. Road closures are in place between the junctions with the A357 and the A3030. We would ask motorists to please seek alternative routes."