Motorcyclist suffers serious injuries after crash with a car near Sturminster Marshall

Police are urging any witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward

Author: Maria GreenwoodPublished 21st Oct 2022

Officers investigating a serious crash near Sturminster Marshall are renewing their appeal for witnesses or dashcam footage.

Dorset Police received a report at 7.12am on Tuesday (18 October) of a collision on the A350 north of the Roundhouse Roundabout involving a silver Mitsubishi Space Star and a Suzuki motorcycle.

Officers attended the scene, along with the ambulance service, and the motorcyclist – a Poole man aged in his 30s – was taken to hospital for treatment to serious injuries to his leg.

Police Constable Dan Yates, of the traffic unit, said: ā€œWe are continuing to investigate the circumstances of this collision and I would urge any witnesses who have not already spoken to police to please make contact with us.

ā€œI would also urge anyone who was travelling in the area at the time and has dashcam fitted to please check their footage for anything that might assist our enquiries.ā€

Anyone with information is asked to contact Dorset Police via email at [email protected] or by calling 101, quoting occurrence number 55220169538.

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