A PERSON was taken to hospital after a lorry overturned in Wareham.

Dorset Police were alerted to reports of a crash on Blackhill Roundabout in Holton Heath at around 5am this morning.

On arrival, officers confirmed a crash between two cars and a lorry that was on its side.

One man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of a driving offence.

Road closures were in place while emergency services dealt with the incident.

It is understood that the road has now reopened to motorists. 

 A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said: “We were called at 04:53hrs on Friday 20 September to an incident near Holton Health.

“We sent two double-crewed land ambulances, and an operations officer to the scene. We conveyed one patient by land ambulance to Poole Hospital”.