POLICE closed a busy Christchurch road after a crash between a child and a van.
The incident took place outside the Stourvale pub in Barrack Road at 12.23pm and police closed the road from Iford roundabout.
A spokesperson for Dorset Police said the incident involved a child and a white Nissan van registered to a man from Poole.
The little boy was taken to Poole Hospital with minor injuries.
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