A MOTORCYCLIST has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a crash involving a van in East Dorset at Tuesday tea-time.

Police were called to the B3078 at 5.23pm near the Horton Inn after the collision between a Suzuki motorbike and a Mercedes panel van.

The road has been closed both ways while the scene is dealt with, a police spokesman said.

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