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.