Suspected drug driver crashes car into roadworks hole

Police were called to Dale Street in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, at 11.23pm on Tuesday.

Suspected drug driver crashes car into roadworks hole in Huddersfield West Yorkshire Police

A suspected drug driver crashed a car into a hole dug for roadworks in West Yorkshire.

Police were called to Dale Street in Huddersfield at 11.23pm on Tuesday to a report a car had crashed where they found the vehicle stuck in the ground.

The driver, who only held a provisional licence and had no insurance, was arrested and tested positive for cocaine, West Yorkshire Roads Policing Unit said.

“Officers attended and arrested the driver on suspicion of taking a car without consent and drug driving offences”, a spokesperson for the force said.

“The man remains in custody and enquiries remain ongoing today by roads policing officers.”

Police were called to Dale Street in Huddersfield at 11.23pm on Tuesday to a report a car had crashed where they found the vehicle stuck in the ground.West Yorkshire Police
The driver, who only held a provisional licence and had no insurance, was arrested and tested positive for cocaine, West Yorkshire Roads Policing Unit said.West Yorkshire Police
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