A woman has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a car crashed into a central traffic island and demolished a lamppost in South Bristol yesterday.
This was the scene on a main road in Brislington on the evening of Tuesday, December 27 in Brislington after the crash, which happened at just before 5.30pm.
The collision happened as the Citroen car was being driven downhill on School Road in Brislington, just past The Brislington Centre SEN college.
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The car ended up smashing into the traffic divider in the middle of the road and with such force that a lamppost on the small traffic island was knocked over too. Firefighters from Bedminster attended the scene, and called police.
Bedminster Fire Station later tweeted a picture of the crashed car with the caption ‘you can’t park there, mate’.
A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset police said, at 11am this morning, Wednesday, December 28, that the woman arrested was still in custody after being held overnight. "We’re investigating an incident in which a car was in collision with a lamppost and central reservation in School Road, Brislington," he said. "Police were called by the fire and rescue service to attend the incident at just before 5.30pm on Tuesday (December 27). No-one was injured in the collision. A 41-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and she remains in custody at this time.”
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