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Pewsey drink driver arrested after crashing into Lower Compton ditch

byDaniel Jae Webb
7 January 2017 • 8.35pm
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A man has been arrested following a collision in Lower Compton.

On Friday 6 January at around 7.20pm, Wiltshire police officers were called to reports of a vehicle in a ditch near Pewsey.

On arrival, officers breathalysed the 56-year-old male driver of the car and subsequently arrested on suspicion of driving over the prescribed alcohol limit.

The man, who lives nearby, was taken to Melksham custody.

Wiltshire Police have confirmed that no one was injured in the crash.


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