Derbyshire police praise driver for helping stop ‘potential killer’ on M1 near Worksop

Police have praised a member of the public who called officers after seeing a drunk driver swerving between lanes on the M1.
Phil Bramley
By Phil Bramley
Published 19th Apr 2022, 19:41 BST
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Members of the Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit said yesterday that a call from a concerned driver informed them of an X3 which was swerving between lanes on the motorway.

When the driver of the vehicle was stopped at junction 30, for Barlborough, they were found to be nearly twice the drink-drive limit.

The driver has been arrested and charged

The driver was found to be nearly twice the drink-drive limitThe driver was found to be nearly twice the drink-drive limit
The driver was found to be nearly twice the drink-drive limit
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Police thanked the concerned driver who alerted them, saying their action had stopped a ‘potential killer’

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