Drink driver to appear in court after escaping when officers found him asleep on M62 hard shoulder at Brighouse

A driver will appear in court after he made off when he was found to be drunk and asleep on the hard shoulder of the M62 at Brighouse.
Highways North West officers found the driver (photo: West Yorkshire Police Roads Policing Unit)Highways North West officers found the driver (photo: West Yorkshire Police Roads Policing Unit)
Highways North West officers found the driver (photo: West Yorkshire Police Roads Policing Unit)

The driver of the van was found to be twice the legal limit before he made off from Highways North West officers.

The officers caught up with the driver and stopped him to also find he had no licence or insurance.

The vehicle was seized and the driver will appear in court.

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Another vehicle on the M62 has been clocked at going at 94mph, and also having no tax.

This vehicle was also seized and the driver was reported.

This comes as another driver tried to convince West Yorkshire Police Road Policing Unit officers that he had insurance when he was stopped in Rastrick, West Yorkshire.

The driver, who did not have insurance, was reported and his van was seized.