POLICE today appealed for help after a takeaway delivery driver was assaulted on a delivery in Chandler's Ford.

A man pulled up behind the victim in Devon Drive, in a light blue car around 3.15am yesterday.

The man distracted the 37-year-old victim and then demanded cash and assaulted him.

The delivery driver didn’t have any money on him so the man got back in his car and left towards the M3, northbound.

The victim has since undergone an operation for a fractured jaw at Southampton General Hospital.

Detectives are appealing for anyone who saw anyone suspicious in the area around the time of the incident or has any information about the crime.

They are asked to contact Detective Constable Robert Cross at the Western Investigation Team based at Southampton on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.