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Drink driver, 80, banned after traffic light crash

Cambs Police A blue car is badly damaged at the front driver's side. Part of the car is wrapped around a post fitted with traffic lights. There is debris on the road at the crash site.Cambs Police
The drink driver was unable to stand up straight when police arrived at the scene

An 80-year-old drink driver has been banned after wrapping his car around a set of traffic lights.

The man crashed the Honda Civic at the junction of Primrose Lane and Nursery Road in Huntingdon on 2 March.

Cambridgeshire Police said when officers arrived at about 03:00 GMT, the man was still in the car but his speech was slurred, he was unable to stand up straight and was found to be twice the legal alcohol limit for driving.

Police said the man admitted drink driving at Peterborough Magistrates' Court on 16 June and was disqualified from driving for 20 months and fined £300.

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