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Preston coach smash: driver quizzed over drink driving
10:44am Friday 17th October 2008
A coach driver has been arrested this morning on suspicion of drink driving after a London bound service left the road and collided with traffic lights.
The National Express coach, which had departed Blackpool early today, left the road close to a pedestrian crossing in Blackpool Road, close to Preston.
A Lancashire Police spokesman said: "I can confirm a 40-year-old Manchester man was arrested this morning on Blackpool Road under suspicion of being in charge of a vehicle with excess alcohol.”
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