A contacted Dorset Police in the wake of what was reported as a hit and run in Dorchester on Monday. 

The incident on Bridport Road  near the junction with Williams Avenue just after 6pm resulted in woman in her 80s being taken to hospital with serious, though not life-threatening injuries.

The driver of a car left the scene after failing to stop but following a police appeal a man has come forward and is assisting officers with their enquiries. 

A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust said: "We were called at 6.04pm on to a road traffic collision in Dorchester.

"We sent one double-crewed land ambulance, a doctor, and a critical care car to the scene. We conveyed one patient by land ambulance to Dorset County Hospital."