A MAN in his 40s was airlifted to hospital with serious leg injuries after a crash between a motorbike and a pedestrian. 

Police were called to the incident shortly after 4.30pm yesterday (August 8) which happened near The Stones Hotel at High Post. 

The A345 was blocked in both directions.

The pedestrian, a man in his 40s, was airlifted to Southampton Hospital .

And the motorcyclist, a man in his 50s, was taken to Salisbury District Hospital by land ambulance for treatment for a shoulder injury.

The road reopened at about 6.30pm.