Driver arrested after car crashes into house

A motorist was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving after a car crashed into a house

The driver of a car which crashed into a house is waiting to hear whether he will be charged with any offence, police have said.

Police said the man had been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving following the crash in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, late on Friday.

Officers said a car had "driven into a home" in Pound Lane and the driver, who was taken to hospital, had yet to be questioned.

The occupants of the house had suffered "minor injuries", a police spokesman said.

Cambridgeshire Police outlined details of the incident in an online statement.

The force indicated that the man had give a breath sample which was more than twice the legal limit of 35 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath.

Police said he had not yet been interviewed.

A police spokesman added: "It appears there were some minor injuries to the occupants of the house."

"On Friday evening we were called out to this vehicle which had driven into a home in Pound Lane, Isleham," said the police statement.

"Thankfully the occupants, although shaken up, were not seriously injured.

"The driver was arrested for drink driving after blowing 96 at the roadside and was taken to hospital as a precaution.

"He will be interviewed at a later date."