Peterborough driver arrested on suspicion of assault, drink driving, drug possession and theft after crash

A Peterborough man has been arrested for multiple offences following a crash on Lincoln Road on Saturday night (March 28).

The crash occurred at just before midnight on Saturday at the junction between Lincoln Road and Fitzwilliam Street.

A large part of a part of the wall of the next door Boroughbury Manor House was destroyed. The damage remains in place on Monday morning, alongside a damaged grey Chevrolet.

The driver of the car was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, possession of class B drugs, driving while intoxicated through drink and drugs and theft of a vehicle.

A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Police said: “We were called at 11.52pm on Saturday night (March 28) to reports of a two-vehicle collision on the junction of Lincoln Road and Fitzwilliam Street, no injuries were sustained in the collision.

“A 26-year-old man from Peterborough was arrested at the scene on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, possession of class B drugs, driving while intoxicated through drink and drugs and theft of a vehicle.

"He has since been released on bail to return to Thorpe Wood police station on 27 June.”

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