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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Eszter Tárnai

'Drunk driver ran away in one shoe' after crash and spent Hogmanay in jail

A DRIVER has allegedly run away wearing only one shoe after a car crash in Glasgow.

Police were called to the incident on the M8 motorway in Shieldhall on Hogmanay. 

The motorist was allegedly drunk and attempted to leave the scene of the collision, wearing only one trainer.

Nobody was injured in the incident and police have since arrested and charged the man. He has been released pending a court appearance. 

The National: The crashed carThe crashed car (Image: Police Scotland)

The National: The shoe left behindThe shoe left behind (Image: Police Scotland)

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On Twitter/X, Road Policing Scotland said: "It wasn't a 'glass slipper' but the trainer certainly fit the drunk driver of this car who ran away from an RTC on the M8 wearing only one.

"Glasgow Road Police decided he wouldn't be at the ball to see in the bells and spent it in cells instead."

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