Derbyshire drink-driver arrested after trying to drive car with only three tyres

A drunk driver was arrested in a Derbyshire village after attempting to use a vehicle that was missing a front wheel tyre.
By Tom Hardwick
Published 17th Mar 2022, 10:47 BST
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At 2.26am on Thursday, March 17, the Derbyshire Road Crime Unit reported that they had stopped a motorist in Creswell.

The DRCU tweeted: “Vehicle missing a front tyre unsurprisingly caught our attention scraping down the road. Male driver is a provisional licence holder, unsupervised and smelt strongly of alcohol.

“Blows 121 roadside and is duly arrested. Vehicle seized and male to be charged when sober.”