POLICE were called to a one-car crash on a west Dorset A-road in the early hours of this morning.

The incident happened at 12.44am today (Thursday, July 27) on the A3066 Crooked Oak Hill in the village of Melplash, near Bridport.

Dorset Police said that officers attended the scene of the crash and no injuries were sustained before the car involved was safely recovered.

"We received a report at 12.44am on Thursday, July 27 of a single vehicle collision on Crooked Oak Hill in Melplash," a spokesperson for the force said. 

"Officers attended. No injuries reported [and] vehicle recovered."