Police helicopter deployed to search for driver after Northampton hit-and-run

A police helicopter was seen hovering over areas of Northampton earlier today (April 23).

Members of the public reported seeing the chopper from around 3.30pm for around an hour over Kingsthorpe and Queens Park.

Northamptonshire Police confirmed they were looking for a driver who hit another car near Asda in Harborugh Road and failed to stop.

A spokeswoman for the force said: "We had a call in about 3.10pm whereby a car (a black Nissan Juke) crashed into a member of the public’s car in Harborough Road near Asda and then failed to stop.

"Thankfully there were no injuries."

Police are still looking for the driver.

If anyone witnessed the incident or has any information, they should contact police on 101.

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