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999 call about car travelling wrong way and on pavement leads to man’s arrest

byDaniel Jae Webb
13 November 2020 • 9.04pm
999 call about car travelling wrong way and on pavement leads to man’s arrest

A grey car facing the wrong was in Regent Circus, where police were first called about the driver

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A man was arrested in the early hours of this morning after police received a 999 call reporting a car being driven the wrong way down the road.

The witness told the control room operator that the grey Renault Clio was travelling towards him through Regent Circus – a one-way road – at around 11pm last night. The car was reportedly driven across the pavement a short time later.

Following the vehicle whilst on the phone to the police, the witness claims that the driver then travelled through a bus gate and drove the wrong way down Corporation Street.

Shortly after midnight this morning, officers caught up with the suspect at the Whalebridge multi-storey car park in Swindon town centre.

A grey car caught on dashcam being driven across the pavement in Regent Circus

“He was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving in connection with an incident where a vehicle was driven the wrong way down a one-way road close to Regent Circus and also mounted the pavement”, a spokesperson for Wiltshire Police said.

Adding: “He has been taken to Gablecross Police Station where he remains in custody.”


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