A MAN in his 40's has allegedly been assaulted in Highbridge after an altercation with a man over damage to his car. 

Police were called at 1.05pm to the incident on Bennett Road near Gass Close.

A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said: "We were called at 1.05pm to reports of a disturbance on Bennett Road.

"Officers attended and have been at the scene after being told a man had been assaulted after a dispute over damage to a vehicle.

"It was alleged that the victim, in his 40's, had been hit by another man. 

"He did not receive treatment from the ambulance service.

"No arrests have been made yet."