Police are appealing for information after a fail-to-stop in which a motorcyclist sustained serious injuries.

Dorset Police was called at 11.32am on Sunday, August 14 to reports of a crash on the B3157 at Goose Hill involving two motorcycles that were travelling westbound towards Abbotsbury.

It is reported that the rider of one of the motorcycles failed to stop at the scene and an investigation is underway to identify and locate them.

The rider of the other motorcycle, a man aged in his 20s, sustained serious injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment. His condition is not described as life-changing or life-threatening.

The road was blocked while emergency services dealt with the incident. It reopened at 2.04pm.

Police Constable Gavin Newbury, of the Traffic Unit, said: "I am appealing to anyone who witnessed this collision or captured anything of relevance on dashcam to please contact Dorset Police.

"I would urge the second motorcyclist involved in this incident to please make contact with us so we can establish what happened."

Anyone with information is asked to contact Dorset Police at dorset.police.uk/contact, via email [email protected] or by calling 101, quoting incident number 55220132029.Alternatively, independent charity Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously online at Crimestoppers-uk.org or by calling freephone 0800 555 111.