Drink driver arrested after breakdown help call

8 February 2026

Stewart WhittinghamNorth West

The Highways Agency alerted the police after then man rang for help

Lancashire Police A police car is parked facing a road. It has a sticker on the back window which reads Lancashire Constabulary. A blue sky and some trees can be seen in the distance over a road. — The Highways Agency alerted the police after then man rang for help

A motorist has been arrested for drink driving after he called for help when he broke down in his car on a motorway.

Lancashire Police said the "ranting and raving" driver rang National Highways for help after he had broken down at 14:00 GMT on 5 February near Leyland in Lancashire.

He was then found to be more than three times the legal drink drive limit after a roadside breath test.

A 39-year-old, of Accrington, was arrested on suspicion of drink driving.

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