26-year-old Alice Cannell has been charged with drink driving following Friday night’s crash on Marshcombe Shute near Brading.
Emergency services were called to Yarbridge on Friday after a VW Polo collided with as Ford Fusion on the crossroads side of the railway bridge at Marshcombe Shute, as first reported by Island Echo.
The occupants of the Ford sustained minor injuries with an elderly woman conveyed to St Mary’s Hospital by ambulance.
Police have now confirmed that 26-year-old Alice Cannel, of Abingdon Road in Ryde, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of drink driving. She was taken to Newport Police Station where she provided an evidential breath sample and was subsequently charged with drink driving.
Cannel will appear before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court next month.
Why are there so many drink drivers on the island roads. Surely we should have one strike and then banned for life from driving.
Totally agree with you, the elderly female’s minor injuries could so easily have been fatal injuries. Don’t suppose that the offending female driver would care…..
It’s Christmas time! Happy work meals and drinks then crashing your car. Also have fun getting massively into debt buying unwanted gifts that end up in land fill in two months time.
Im surprised there aren’t more accidents here to be honest with the amount of drivers that jumP the lights as the next lot change. It’s a junction that has a lot of chancers. Drink driving isn’t on and I’m sure the person will be punished no doubt with something like a driving ban for a year or two a few points and a slap on the wrist. I hope the injured party has a speedy recovery.
So the guy who was charged with drink driving 24 hours after this young lady is due in court on the 14th December, but this young lady isn’t due in court until January? Something not quite right here
It says she’ll be in court next month – December.
There is an empty prison at Parkhurst; lock all these drink and drug drivers in there. Who know how many more people this drink will hurt over xmas
Probably not enough room at Parkhurst to house them all.
Only one way to deal with drink drivers
Prison
Yet another drink driver…. Will these stupid people ever learn?! Seems to be getting worse here on the island, drink and / or drug driving. I agree with other commentators that drink drivers should receive much longer driving bans, maybe lifetime bans in the worst cases. I hope the elderly lady who was injured makes a full recovery.