A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a car smashed through the wall of a house in Eastleigh.

Around 4.30am this morning, the silver Ford Focus came careering through the lounge of a 75-year-old man on the corner of Southampton Road and York Road.

The road remains cordoned off, with the car having torn through the brickwork, plaster and door through into the lounge.

Police say a 21-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving.

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