A MOTORCYCLIST suffered a fractured leg when he was involved in a collision with a car in Ferndown last night.

Police and paramedics were called to the A348 Ringwood Road at around 7pm following a collision between a green Kazazaki and a blue Toyota Corolla.

Officers closed the road between the Ham Lane roundabout and the Bear Cross roundabout until 8.20pm.

The motorcylist, a Bournemouth man in his 20s, was taken to hospital.

Doctors say he has a double fracture. The motorbike was recovered shortly after 8pm.