Drunk driver pretended to be walking his dog after Sheffield Parkway crash

Police officers have described the pack of lies told by a drink driver and his passenger after a crash at the end of the Sheffield Parkway.
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The driver failed to negotiate a bend at the end of the Parkway as he approached the roundabout for junction 33 of the M1, and ended up smashing into a set of traffic lights.

He then abandoned his car on the grass verge at the side of the road.

Police officers were told lies by the driver of a car found abandoned after a crash at the end of the Sheffield ParkwayPolice officers were told lies by the driver of a car found abandoned after a crash at the end of the Sheffield Parkway
Police officers were told lies by the driver of a car found abandoned after a crash at the end of the Sheffield Parkway
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South Yorkshire Police said the driver and his passenger were located on nearby Rotherway but pretended they were walking their dog.

In an hilarious account of the exchange with the drunken duo posted on Facebook, South Yorkshire Police’s operational support services team, said: “We’ve seen some outstanding examples of appalling parking here, but this is certainly up there.

A drink driver abandoned his car after crashing at the end of the Sheffield ParkwayA drink driver abandoned his car after crashing at the end of the Sheffield Parkway
A drink driver abandoned his car after crashing at the end of the Sheffield Parkway

“It happened after the driver of the Corsa didn’t realised that there was a bend at the end of the Sheffield Parkway as you go onto the roundabout over Junction 33.

“Having missed the bend, he went straight on and into the arrester bed, destroying a perfectly good set of traffic lights in the process.

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“Realising that it wouldn’t long before we showed up to mark his efforts, the driver and his passenger decided to make two less, locking their car and walking away after speaking to one of our colleagues from Highways England.”

The post continued: “Whilst one of our colleagues supervised the clean up process, another went for a look around to try and find the driver and his mate.

“Just the other side of the roundabout, at the bottom of Rotherway, our colleague found two lads looking more than a little dishevelled – dressed to go out, eyes like they had been out, but trainers covered in mud.

“One was even unfortunate enough to have a small cut to his head as though he had just been involved in an accident somehow or somewhere.

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“In their drunken genius, when our colleague stopped and asked for their names, the reply came ‘What car? I don’t know owt about a car!’

“In what must have seemed like a stroke of genius in a beer addled brain, the same person continued ‘We’re walking our dog. We’ve just lost him!’

“A few more simple questions and frankly brilliant answers followed. For example, one of the lads couldn’t remember his address – at all. He explained that he had just moved and hadn’t learned it yet. And he couldn’t remember his old address because he had moved.

“Both lads were soon sporting furless cuffs and on their way to custody.

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“One of them had a set of car keys in his pocket, which miraculously fit the badly parked Corsa only a short distance away.

“The other had a driving licence in his pocket with his picture on, but the same name as the registered keeper.

“Once at custody, both were booked in and breathalysed. Unsurprisingly, both were over the drink drive limit.

“Both were interviewed and the driver was later charged with the relevant offences and will be off to court very soon to learn a painful lesson.

“And to top it off, we never did find their dog.”