Drink-drive arrest after passenger seriously hurt

A small triangular patch of grass which forms a junction where three rural roads meet. No vehicles are on the road.Image source, Google
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Emergency services were called to the junction of Ducks Foot Road and Barnes Road in Pulham Market on Saturday

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A man has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving after his passenger suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash.

Norfolk Police said a grey Seat Leon left the road at the junction of Ducks Foot Road and Barnes Road in Pulham Market, near Diss, at about 04:00 BST on Saturday.

The driver and one of the passengers received minor injuries but another passenger – a man in his 80s – was taken to Norfolk and Norfolk University Hospital.

The driver of the car, a man in his 40s, was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

Police have asked witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to contact them.

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