Suspected hit-and-run truck driver was "five times over the limit"

Greater Manchester traffic officers say a truck ran a red light on the East Lancashire Road on May 30, colliding with another vehicle.

Instead of stopping, it drove off, but police tracked it down and the motorist allegedly gave a reading of 178 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of blood. The legal limit is 35.

A spokesman said: “Driver arrested and currently awaiting charge while he sobers up.”