A MAN is on the run from Wiltshire police following an arrest for aggravated taking of a vehicle in Corsham this morning.

At around 12.30am today police chased a Vauxhall Astra which was seen driving erratically to Cross Keys road where it then crashed into a Toyota Starlet.

A man and a woman got out of the Vauxhall and fled on foot. Police pursued and arrested the 18-year-old woman for aggravated taking of a vehicle but the male suspect escaped.

Police dogs and a helicopter from the National Police Air Service based in Bristol were used in the search but the man managed to slip away.

If you witnessed the incident or have any information on the male suspect please call 101 and ask for Wiltshire police or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.