Overview
- A red Vauxhall Astra hit a group in Arnold’s Market Place at 1:12am Saturday, injuring five men including one with life‑threatening injuries, and the driver fled on foot after abandoning the car.
- Police say the crash followed an earlier argument and that counter-terrorism officers are not involved.
- Hours after the Saturday crash, detectives arrested a 40-year-old on suspicion of attempted murder and he remains in custody.
- A large cordon shut parts of the town centre for about 17 hours, disrupting shops and bus routes before roads reopened.
- Detectives urged witnesses to share dashcam, CCTV, doorbell or phone video by calling 101 and quoting incident 46 of May 9, or contacting Crimestoppers anonymously.