A man has been arrested after a car crashed into a Southampton shopfront.
Police were called at around 3.21am this morning to a report that a car had collided with a shopfront on Cobden Avenue.
Officers attended and found a damaged vehicle.
It appeared the driver had left the scene.
Cobden Avenue Eastbound: just before the junction of Bullar Road, the left hand lane is closed due to an RTC.
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Following enquiries, a 24-year-old man from Portsmouth has now been arrested.
He was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, criminal damage, failing to stop after an accident and driving while unfit through drink or drugs.
He remains in police custody at the current time.
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