A driver who fled to a pub following a crash was arrested for refusing a breath test - as she was ‘too busy drinking.’

Earlier the woman had been driving a Peugeot 208 that was involved in a collision with a Skoda and a third vehicle on Middleton Road, Chadderton, Oldham, according to police.

Officers were called at 12.45pm but found the woman had left the scene of the incident and gone to a nearby pub.

They caught up with her and she was arrested.

North West Motorway Police tweeted: “Driver smashes into veh (sic) on Middleton Rd, Chadderton, just. NWMPG officer arrives to find the female driver in local pub. What happens next?

“Yes, you’ve guessed it the driver has been arrested for drink driving.”

They added the woman ‘refused to give a specimen of breath (too busy drinking) & was summarily arrested.’

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