A MAN has been arrested in connection with a road traffic collision near Dorchester.

At around 1pm on Saturday, 18 May Dorset Police received a report of a single vehicle collision on the westbound carriageway of the A35 Puddletown Bypass near Tolpuddle.

Emergency services attended and the driver was checked over by the ambulance service, but did not require hospital treatment.

Following enquiries, a 29-year-old man from Southampton was arrested on suspicion of a driving offence. He has been released on police bail as further enquiries are carried out.