Driver arrested after crash car ends up in tree
The driver of this car was arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a crash left his car vertical in a tree today.
The crash happened on the B4386 at Cruckton, near near Shrewsbury, leaving the car perched on its bonnet in the lower branches of the tree after it hit a telegraph pole.
West Mercia Police said the driver failed a roadside breath test and was arrested after the crash which caused only minor injuries for him and at least one female passenger.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service sent two crews from Shrewsbury shortly before 6am. The ambulance service was also called.
Nobody was found to be trapped upon the arrival of the fire crews.
Assistant Chief Constable Martin Evans, of West Mercia Police, today warned that a reckless hard core of motorists are still continuing to gamble with other people’s lives by drink driving.
