POLICE were called after a car ended up in a stream near Ferndown on Friday afternoon.

Officers were alerted to the incident at 3pm and on arriving in Uddens Drive, near Redbridge Manor, they found an Audi A6 which had fallen some eight feet into a nearby stream.

A force spokesman said the driver was missing and a witness said he had "run off".

The NPAS helicopter and police vehicles launched a search, while the Environment Agency was called due to concerns about fuel leaking from the vehicle into the stream.

A man is currently helping police with their enquiries.