Handsworth Sheffield: Driver arrested after van drifts across road and hits kerb in front of police car

Robert Cumber
By Robert Cumber
Published 22nd Mar 2024, 11:57 BST
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Police said the driver was nearly twice the legal limit when tested

A driver has been arrested after police spotted a van drifting from side to side and hitting a kerb in front of their squad car in Sheffield.

Police shared this photo of a van which they said was stopped after it was seen drifting across the road and hitting the kerb in Handsworth, SheffieldPolice shared this photo of a van which they said was stopped after it was seen drifting across the road and hitting the kerb in Handsworth, Sheffield
Police shared this photo of a van which they said was stopped after it was seen drifting across the road and hitting the kerb in Handsworth, Sheffield

The incident happened in Handsworth, police said.

Posting a photo of the van after it was stopped, South Yorkshire Police Operational Support said, on Thursday, March 21: "Driver attracts our officers attention as they hit a kerb and drift from side to side on the road in front of one of our cars. "Another drink driver arrested who provides a specimen in custody nearly twice the legal limit. Charged to court this morning."