A man is due in court accused of drink driving after a cow was hit by a vehicle on a New Forest road. 

Phelim O'Hara of Wetherby Court, Totton has been charged with driving with an alcohol level above the legal limit. 

It follows a crash between a vehicle and a cow on Roger Penny Way near Telegraph Hill. 

READ MORE: Warning issued by police on Pannage in the New Forest

The incident took place shortly before 9pm on Monday (September 16). 

O'Hara, 26, has been bailed to appear at Southampton Magistrates' Court on November 12.

It comes after police issued a warning to motorists over livestock roaming on roads in the New Forest.

Pannage, an ancient practice of releasing livestock into a forest so they are free to feed on fallen foods such as acorns and chestnuts, began on Monday and runs until November 22.

Hampshire Constabulary is warning motorists to be mindful of free-roaming animals in the New Forest as a result of the ritual.  

A man in his 40s from Grimsby was issued with a conditional caution and required to pay £300 in compensation after he hit and killed a pig on Stoney Cross Plain Road on September 29 last year.