A black Toyota Yaris, which was travelling down the hill towards town, collided with a silver BMW, which was driving northwards, just before 22:00 on Sunday night.

The Yaris driver had to be cut out of the car by firefighters and was taken to hospital, where he remains in a stable condition.

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Pictured: The Yaris driver had to be cut out of the car by firefighters and was taken to hospital.

The 38-year-old driver of the BMW left the scene before emergency services arrived. 

He was later arrested at his home address for dangerous driving, failing to stop and report a collision, and drink-driving.

He was taken to Accident and Emergency, where he was treated for cuts, before being taken into custody, where he remains.

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Pictured: Two properties sustained damage as a result of the crash.

Queen’s Road was re-opened at around 05:00 this morning after both cars had been towed away.

Two properties sustained damage.