Worcestershire Police officers had a lucky escape in Redditch during the early hours of this morning, after a drink-driver hit their marked police vehicle.
The officers were dealing with an unrelated RTC at the time when their vehicle was hit.
With its blue lights activated, they had positioned their police car to warn other road users about the RTC.
But the drink-driver failed to spot the RTC ahead of them and the marked police vehicle that was fending off traffic to keep motorists safe.
As the officers were out of their vehicle at the time, they were not injured.
The drink-driver also had no driving license and no insurance and was arrested at the scene before being booked into custody.
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Most drink drivers never learn and banned drivers carry on driving without insurance as even if they buy insurance it’s not valid as they don’t have a licence, they just buy it to defeat the ANPR cameras. If a banned driver is caught driving they should AUTOMATICALLY get a month in jail for every month of their ban left.