A woman has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a car smashed into two parked vehicles.
Officers were called to Dunmow Road, Great Bardfield, at about 1.10am this morning with reporters a Toyota Aygo had hit two parked cars and the driver had left the scene.
With the help of the police helicopter a woman was arrested at 2.40am.
Jessica Mott-Brown, 24, of Chelmsford Road, Great Waltham, has since been bailed to appear at Colchester Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
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