A MAN has been arrested after an incident involving a forklift in Newton Abbot last night.

Police received numerous calls just before 10pm on Thursday, May 29, following reports of a forklift driving through Queen Street and Quay Road damaging several vehicles.

Officers attended the scene and arrested a man in his 50s from Newton Abbot.

The man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, driving whilst unfit through drink and criminal damage.

‘He remains in police custody at this time’ a spokesperson for Devon & Cornwall Police said.

Police say that the forklift isn’t believed to have been stolen nor were there anybody inside any of the cars, despite rumours to the contrary circulating on social media.

However, there were two people in the car when the forklift initially approached and made contact with the vehicle in the video.

Fortunately, they managed to get out of the vehicle when it was lifted and actually flipped.