A WOMAN from the Fording-bridge area was killed in a four vehicle pile-up last night.

The 26-year-old victim, who has not been named, died when her Peugeot 106 was involved in a crash on the A354 at Thornicombe - between Blandford and Puddletown - in Dorset shortly before 6pm.

The tragedy happened after a van, driven by a 21-year-old Dorset man, and a Renault Espace, driven by a 35-year-old Wiltshire man, collided,

Two other vehicles were then involved in the crash - a Mercedes, driven by a 44-year-old woman who lived near the scene, and the dead woman's Peugeot.