A MAN has been arrested after a car was stolen and driven into a ditch on a busy road through Epping Forest.
The grey Saab 93 left the road and went into tree alongside Epping New Road in Buckhurst Hill at around 1am this morning (Friday, May 21).
A few minutes later a 38-year-old man from Loughton was arrested at the scene on suspicion of unlawful taking of a motor vehicle and being unfit through drink and drugs.
He is currently being interviewed at Harlow Police Station.
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