Three people killed in Dorset road collisions
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Two died and four were seriously injured on the A37 north of Grimstone
Three people have died in two separate road traffic collisions across Dorset.
Two died and four others were seriously injured in a two-car collision on the A37 near Dorchester on Friday night.
A Volkswagen Transporter van and a Volkswagen Golf collided three miles north of Grimstone at about 22:15 BST.
Earlier, a woman pedestrian died when she was struck by a Peugeot 106 at the junction of Christchurch Road and Drummond Road in Boscombe. A 34-year-old man has been arrested.
Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision on the A37 at Break Heart Hill in which a 25-year-old woman from Bridport and a 45-year-old man from Poole died.
The passenger of the Volkswagen Transporter, a 37-year-old woman from Poole, is described as being in a life-threatening condition.
The driver of the Volkswagen Golf, a 28-year-old man from Devon, and two other passengers, a 28-year-old man from the Exeter area and a 26-year-old woman from the Bridport area, had life-changing injuries.
In Boscombe, a 42-year-old woman from Bournemouth suffered serious injuries and died a short time after the collision at 01:17 BST.
A Bournemouth man has been arrested on suspicion of driving offences.