A MAN has been arrested following a crash on a main road in the New Forest which saw a car end up in a hedge.

Police were called to reports of the three-vehicle collision on the A337 Lymington Road in New Milton, near the roundabout with Caird Avenue, on Thursday morning.

No injuries were reported by Hampshire Constabulary.

A spokesman for the force said: "We were called at 8.32am today to a report of a collision on Lymington Road. It was reported a car had collided with two other vehicles and left the carriageway.

"Officers attended and a 44-year-old man from Pennington was arrested on suspicion of driving a vehicle whilst unfit through drugs.

"He remains in custody at this time. No injuries were reported in the collision."

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