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Drink-Driver Flees Crash, Leaves Passenger Seriously Injured

12/12/2025

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A suspected drink-driver fled the crash scene in Derbyshire on December 7, leaving a seriously injured passenger who required hospital treatment.
CCTV footage shows the driver skidding through brambles before colliding with a tree.
Police later arrested the 28-year-old driver, who was found to be nearly double the legal drink-drive limit.
He has been released on bail.

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Story summary

A suspected drink-driver fled the crash scene in Derbyshire on December 7, leaving a seriously injured passenger who required hospital treatment.
CCTV footage shows the driver skidding through brambles before colliding with a tree.
Police later arrested the 28-year-old driver, who was found to be nearly double the legal drink-drive limit.
He has been released on bail.