Posted: Fri 17th Feb 2023

Driver arrested on suspicion of drink driving following early morning crash in Holywell

News and Info from Deeside, Flintshire, North Wales
This article is old - Published: Friday, Feb 17th, 2023

A driver was arrested on suspicion of drink driving this morning following a crash in Holywell.

The driver was apprehended shortly after fleeing the scene of a single-vehicle collision on Ffordd Pen Y Maes, Holywell, just before 7:30 am, Friday, February 17.

The officers found the driver to be over the legal limit for alcohol upon arrest.

A spokesperson for North Flintshire Police said, “We started the day with reports of an RTC in Holywell, officers swiftly attended and located the driver who made off from his vehicle, he was apprehended and found to be over the specified limit for alcohol.”

In a separate incident, police arrested a male in Flint for a recall to prison.

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