POLICE are searching for a driver involved in a hit-and-run crash in Colchester.

At about 9.35pm on Sunday, April 8, there was a collision in London Road, Stanway at the junction with New Farm Road.

It is believed a dark coloured 4x4 - possibly an Audi Q7 - pulled out of King Coel Road and hit a Ford Ka driven by a 23-year-old woman who was injured.

The dark coloured vehicle then sped off down New Farm Road.

Anyone who saw the crash or a car matching the description with crash damage call PC Roy Linton at the Stanway traffic unit on 101.