A MAN has been taken to hospital after a collision with a car near Fordingbridge this afternoon.

Police were called to the B3078 Bowerwood Road, near Ashford Road, at 4.17pm.

A spokesman for Hampshire Police said a car and a male pedestrian had collided.

The man was taken to Southampton General Hospital, but his injuries were not believed to be serious, added the spokesman.

The road was closed both ways while the scene was dealt with.