Car careers through barrier and fence into field as motorway driver arrested

The incident occurred on the M62 yesterday, Tuesday, near to junction seven for Rainhill Stoops. Officers from Merseyside Police attended the scene of the crash and arrested the driver of a white Mercedes. Officers reported that a roadside breath test produced a reading of 56 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath.

The driver was subsequently arrested on suspicion of drink-driving, with the legal limit being 35 microgrammes. The force’s roads policing unit said: “This vehicle was involved in a collision on the M62, resulting in it leaving the carriageway. “The driver provided a positive sample of breath at the roadside and was arrested.



They blew 56 in custody, with the limit being 35.”.