A man has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving among other charges after a three-car crash on a busy stretch of road in Southampton.

Several police cars brandished their blue lights to close Kingsway just after 7.30pm last night. 

A Ford Focus collided with a Mercedes and a Dacia Solver, but when officers arrived, the driver of the Focus had left the scene.

Later on, a 29-year-old man from Enfield was arrested on suspicion of drink driving, driving without insurance, driving without due care and attention, and failing to stop at an accident.

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He remains in custody at this time.

A 22-year-old man, who wished to remain anonymous, told the Echo that the road closure "stretched well past the accident" going just before the turning to South Front.

"I was in a taxi heading out of the city on Kingsway and I saw a police car with lights on and a blue sign that said to slow down because police were there," he said.

"Police were on foot directing cars away but it didn't get too busy. I didn't see any of the vehicles from the crash but if it happened earlier in the day I'm sure it would have caused some traffic."