Driver provides breath test of 135 after crash near Peterborough

A driver has provided a breath test score of 135 after a collision on Tuesday evening (April 13).

Police were called to West Street, Helpston at around 10:54pm yesterday to a single-car collision.

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The driver of the car, a man from Stamford, was arrested after providing a breath test of 135, almost four times the legal limit of 35.

A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Police said: “We were called at 10.54pm yesterday (12 April) with reports of a collision in West Street, Helpston.

“The driver of the Vauxhall Meriva was uninjured but failed a roadside breath test.

“A 34-year-old man from Stamford was arrested on suspicion of drink driving and remains in custody.

“No other vehicles are believed to have been involved in the incident.”

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