A car that crashed into the front yard of a private residence in Smith's parish shortly before dawn on Sunday was unoccupied when Police arrived to investigate shortly afterwards.

The driver and any other occupants of the car had fled the scene after it went over a wall and overturned in the yard of a residential premises in Gilbert Hill at 6 a.m.

Police are still trying to work out how the accident occurred. When officers arrived to investigate all occupants of the car had fled the scene. The house at Gilbert Hill was not damaged in the incident.

Shortly after midnight the same day, a silver Opel car travelling east on South Road near the junction with Sommersall Road, Smith's parish lost control and hit an embankment, causing the car to overturn.

Although the car suffered extensive front end damage the driver, a 46-year-old St. George's woman, was not injured.

The woman was arrested on suspicion of impaired driving after refusing to take an alco-analyser test, according to Bermuda Police Service.

Investigations into both incidents are underway.