A suspected drink driver remains in custody after smashing into a parked car in Shanklin during the early hours of this morning (Tuesday).
Police were called at 00:20 to reports of a collision between a black BMW 1-Series on Sandown Road, Shanklin, near to Wiltons Garage.
Officers arrived on scene to find that the BMW had smashed into a parked vehicle.
The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service responded to the scene, but it has been confirmed that no injuries were reported.
A 27-year-old man, who was behind the wheel of the 1-Series, has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving.
He remains in custody at Newport Police Station at this time.
UPDATE @ 15:50 – 27-year-old Takunda Manhombo, of Sandown Road in Lake, has been charged with drink driving.
He has been bailed to appear at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on 5th May.
Typical alot of drink and drug drivers in iow due to shortages of traffic cops
The island needs more traffic Police, all the fines etc
will pay the extra money needed to pay the wages.
What is it with BMW and Audi drivers, who are disproportionately represented among the very worst drivers on the road? Loads of entitlement and aggression, absolutely no skill, consideration or forward planning. They were both aspirational brands once, but they have been relegated to being chav chariots. I’ve had both over the years, but wouldn’t touch one now.
Very true. I remember back in the older days of Blackwater Garage BMW, they only had an allocation of Qty 2 x 3 series per month, so it was a privilege to own one back then. When the 1 series went into production around 2004, it all changed and they were everywhere as a more affordable beamer went on the market. Sadly, now, there are loads of these older and sometimes tatty 1 series about that can be bought for just a few hundred pounds, so quite often they get in the wrong hands, hence this accident. I hope the owner of the parked car gets proper, good support and does not suffer financially due to this incident.
They are driven by chavs, many Range Rovers etc
are the same.
Many numpties cannot afford to buy them from new
they buy them cheap and stick a personalised plate
on and think they are a someone, they are, a right
NUMPTY!
They are Numpties.
I was behind a Numpty today who was driving a
very sporty Audi, he must have been driving 70+
On the road it states slow, either the Numpty couldn’t
read or he thought the word slow describes he is a Numpty!
We need Sadiq Khan style cameras
20mph is plenty
Does he even have a licence? Crush the car, simple he won’t do it again tired of hearing about these silly little boys drinking yeah that’s fine but getting behind a wheel and driving that’s so pathetic, you were lucky you didn’t hit somebody? Oh and make the silly little boy pay for the damage to the person who owns the parked car he crashed into.