Dashcam captures 'exceptionally dangerous' driver

A drug driver led police on an "exceptionally dangerous" high-speed pursuit through a town for 30 minutes.

Dashcam footage showed the 22-year-old driving on the wrong side of the road, the wrong way around a roundabout and head-on towards other vehicles in Northampton.

The pursuit, in the early hours of 9 November 2023, began after officers spotted a grey Audi A4 going through a red light in Wellingborough Road, and ended when it was stung in Overstone Gate.

A quantity of Class A drugs was found inside and the driver was later jailed for 30 weeks at Northampton Crown Court after admitting offences including driving without due care and attention, drug driving and failing to stop.

Det Con Mae Taylor said: "He drove exceptionally dangerously, whilst under the influence, and it is through sheer luck that he didn’t kill or seriously injure anyone."

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