Police are in attendance on Racecourse Roundabout at Whippingham this morning (Saturday) where a BMW has crashed into a tree.
It’s said that the driver of the BMW was cut up by another vehicle – a tipper truck – leaving him no option but to take evasive action.
The impact of the collision set off the airbags, causing some slight facial injuries.
Recovery of the vehicle is underway, but traffic is free flowing in the area.
UPDATE @ 10:10 – The driver of the BMW has been arrested by Police on suspicion of drug driving after failing a roadside drugs wipe.
He initially left the scene but returned of his own accord having arranged private recovery, before being breathalysed and drugs wiped.
The male, from Ryde, is being taken into custody at Newport Police Station.
Could have wiped-out a family going to the ferry or similar, throw away the key !
Congrats to the truck driver for taking the idiot out…….
If it existed.
Well, actually there was probably no truck driver to be seen anywhere…
Perhaps the tipper truck was in reality an unmarked police vehicle. Seriously though in a brilliant way his actions have taken one idiot off the road, albeit probably only for a short time. Let’s hope that the tipper truck driver doesn’t face any charges.
To much drug and drink related crashes, the police need to catch these individuals before we get a major incident.
No doubt there’s the report of a legal slap on the wrist coming soon
Stupid drug fueled idiot. Anyone smoking weed or getting involved with drugs should be locked up and forgottten about, total waste of space.
Imagine if one of your family members went down a dark road after a family loss or something like that, it happens to everyone at some point and people deal with it differently. Would you say your own son was a waste of space and to lock him up and forget about him if he dabbles in drugs and made a silly mistake?
My original comment still stands, actions have consequences so I feel if anyone who does drugs cause harm to anyone else are pure losers and always will be.
Why do these Muppets drive under the influence of drugs? It could have been so much worse than crashing into a tree.