POLICE closed a road in Beaminster after a car collided with a post, leaving the driver in hospital with minor injuries.

Higher Green was closed near North Road due to a single-vehicle collision.

Dorset Police received a report of a single-vehicle collision in Higher Green in Beaminster at 8.44am today.

A spokesperson for Dorset Police said: "It was reported that a car collided with a post.

"Officers were in attendance with the ambulance service.

"The road was temporarily blocked; it was cleared at around 11.50am.

"The driver was taken to hospital for treatment to minor injuries."