Drink driving charge after police chase through Southport
Officers were alerted to a car blocking a quite country lane
A MAN has been charged with drink driving after a police chase through Southport.
Joseph Sammon will go before court accused of driving while over the limit, driving without due care and attention and failing to stop for police.
Officers from Lancashire Police were called to Wyke Lane, just outside Southport, at around 9am on Saturday, February 27 to reports a vehicle was blocking the road.
As police arrived, the driver made off and a short chase pursued before he eventually was stopped on Hawkshead Street. A man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of drink-driving and traffic offences.
A spokesman confirmed that Sammon, 43, of Cypress Road, Southport, Merseyside, has since been charged and is due to appear at Preston Magistrates’ Court on April 22
