A MOTORCYCLIST was airlifted to hospital with "life-threatening injuries" following a crash on Tuesday night.

The single-vehicle collision occurred at 7pm on North Street at Fontmell Magna.

The A350 was closed for 12 miles in both directions following the incident, in which a grey Kawasaki motorcycle travelling towards Blandford left the road and collided with a fence post.

The 40-year-old rider from the Worthing area was airlfted to Southampton Hospital where he is being treated.

A spokesman for the South West Ambulance Service said one ambulance and one rapid response vehicle with a paramedic on board attended the scene.

"As soon as they arrived the patient was assessed and due to the serious nature of the injuries the air ambulance was called to the scene," she said.

Share article A stretch of the road was closed between Durweston and Shaftesbury so police could put a diversion in place. It had reopened by 10.20pm.

Any witnesses are asked to contact Sergeant Joe Pardy of Weymouth Traffic Department by calling 101 quoting incident number 331:30.