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Fylde passenger in coach crash horror
THE driver of a Blackpool coach carrying a pregnant Fylde coast teenager has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving following a crash.
Clare Dunne, 19, from Fleetwood who is five months pregnant, boarded the London bound National Express coach in Blackpool this morning.
The teen has told how she feared she was about to give birth when the bus left the road and hit the traffic lights by the side of a pelican crossing on Blackpool Road, Preston.
Miss Dunne said: "I just couldn't believe what was happening, I felt the bang and was scared I was giving birth.
"The bus was quite badly damaged, the bumper actually fell off and the driver seemed very shaken.
"The Police arrived and took him away and we were told he had been arrested for drink driving."
A Lancashire Police spokeswoman said: "I can confirm a 40-year-old Manchester man was arrested this morning on Blackpool Road under suspicion of having excess alcohol while in charge of a vehicle.
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