A SECTION of the A303 was closed last night (Wednesday) after a fatal accident between a car and a motorcycle.

The incident happened at about 8.20pm on the eastbound carriageway, shortly before the M3 junction at Micheldever.

The male motorcyclist, who has not yet been named by police, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Both eastbound and westbound carriageways between Popham and Micheldever were closed while police examined the scene and cleared the road of debris.

Anyone with any information about the accident should contact Sgt Lyndon Barrett, at Whitchurch Roads Policing Unit, on 101, quoting Operation Coalfield.