A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving following a collision last night.

Michael Stephen McCracken, from Tidworth, has been charged with driving a vehicle with excess alcohol after the white Transit van he was driving hit a silver Ford Mondeo taxi on the A3026 Ludgershall Road.

The accident happened at the Beech Hill Road junction of the road between Tidworth and Ludgershall at around 9pm last night causing considerable damage to the bus shelter.

Police officers attended the scene along with ambulance crews who treated the taxi driver for minor head and facial injuries.

Officers cleared the site of all vehicles by midnight.

The 30-year-old took a positive breath test on the roadside and has been bailed pending an appearance at Salisbury Magistrates Court on 20 March.