A HIT-AND-RUN driver fled the scene of a crash after a vehicle hit a parked car and overturned.

Police have launched an investigation following the incident, which took place in Brookside Road, Bransgore at 3.23pm on Monday January 20.

Residents heard a loud bang and discovered a red Audi had collided with a silver Volkswagen.

The male driver had got out of the Audi and had run away.

One resident said: "There was a very loud bang and people came rushing out of their houses. A man had run away and the Audi was badly damaged - it is lucky no one was hurt."

A spokesman for Hampshire Police said: "We were called at 3.23pm to a report of an Audi colliding with a parked car in Brookside Road, Bransgore. The vehicle overturned and the male driver then left the scene. Enquiries are ongoing."