Arrest after driver flees Bingham crash before M1 chase
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The police chased a car for four junctions on the M1
A woman was arrested on suspicion of drug-driving after reports a driver fled a crash and led police on a chase on the M1 with children in the car.
Officers were told a woman had driven off after a crash in Squires Grove, Bingham at about 18:15 BST on Monday.
Police said they located the vehicle on the motorway before the driver led them on a pursuit for four junctions.
A 38-year-old woman was arrested after the car was stopped at junction 20 on the M1, Nottinghamshire Police said.
The woman was arrested on suspicion of driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit.
PC Jon Pinnick, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: "It really should go without saying but driving while under the influence of drugs is extremely dangerous and should never happen for any reason.
"As with drink-driving, drug-driving can cost lives, which is why we will always take robust action against anyone found to have committed this offence."
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