A MAN has been charged with drug-driving after his car hit a tree.

Jacob Burge, 25, from Southlands Avenue, Bexhill, has been released on bail and will appear at Hastings Magistrates' Court on April 22.

He was arrested at 9am on December 27 after his car hit a tree in Pebsham Lane, Bexhill.

Police have charged 131 people as part of a crackdown on drink and drug-driving.