POLICE in Derry have released a man for further inquiries after he was arrested following in incident involving a stolen crashed car.
The man was detained after the stolen car crashed into a garden of a house in the Creggan area at the weekend.
The car smash happened around 7 pm at Ballymore Park.
Police say a silver Vauxhall Astra careered out of control and smashed into a garden where a young girl had been playing just a few minutes earlier.
The driver was detained by local people at the scene.
The PSNI were alerted a mobile police patrol soon arrived and arrested him under the Road Traffic (NI) Order for a number of motoring offences including dangerous driving and driving a stolen vehicle.
The man was taken to Strand Road police station for questioning.
A PSNI spokesperson said the arrested man has been released on bail pending further enquiries into the incident.
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