Drink driving charge after motorhome crash

A man has been charged with drink driving after a motorhome crashed into a bollard at a motorway service station.

The driver was reported to be drunk at Wetherby Services on Monday, and drove off in the Fiat Swift campervan after being refused service.

North Yorkshire Police said analysis of CCTV tracked down the vehicle on the A61 travelling towards Ripon, where it was stopped.

A 32-year-old man from Newcastle has been charged with driving whilst over the prescribed alcohol limit and a number of other offences.