THREE people were taken to hospital after a crash on the A303 this afternoon (March 2).

The two-car crash happened at around 2.30pm near Winterbourne Stoke.

An air ambulance was in attendance and the three people were taken to Salisbury District Hospital.

A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said: “We were called at 14.36hrs to an incident in the Winterbourne Stoke area.

"We sent three double-crewed land ambulances, an air ambulance and an operations officer.

"We are conveying three patients to Salisbury District Hospital by land ambulance.”