A FEMALE driver had her hair pulled and was hit during a road rage incident near Stroud.

The woman was travelling from Painswick toward Gloucester on the B4073 Gloucester road around 10.15am on Saturday when the incident happened.

A police spokesman said: "During the incident the victim's hair was pulled and she was hit while she was sitting in her car."

It is believed the offender was driving a Skoda.

Anyone with information should call 101 quoting incident number 155 of June 17.