Lorry driver fails breath-test after alarming behaviour at the wheel

A trucker has been arrested for drink-driving after swerving around on the motorway near Wigan then trying to drive the wrong way down a street.
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North West Motorway Police say they were alerted to the erratic driving by a member of the public in the early hours of Tuesday November 23.

The HGV was seen to be swerving around on the northbound carriageway of the M6.

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And when a patrol stopped the vehicle just off junction 23, the driver then attempted to go the wrong way at Haydock Island.

The trucker was shown to have been drink-drivingThe trucker was shown to have been drink-driving
The trucker was shown to have been drink-driving

After failing a breath test, the unnamed driver was arrested.

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