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23/10/2019
Lucky Escape As Car Flips On Roof
A driver has been lucky to escape injury after a car flipped onto its roof during a collision in east Belfast.
Police attended the scene on Bloomfield Road at around 3.30am on Tuesday morning, 22 October.
A spokesperson said: "Not the kind of call you want to hear over the radio from the control room… 'Can you attend to a report of a car on its roof? Injuries unknown'."
Despite no one being injured, the driver was arrested at the scene. Investigations are underway to determine if the motorist, who had been driving a vehicle with R plates, was unfit through drink or drugs.
(JG/CM)
Police attended the scene on Bloomfield Road at around 3.30am on Tuesday morning, 22 October.
A spokesperson said: "Not the kind of call you want to hear over the radio from the control room… 'Can you attend to a report of a car on its roof? Injuries unknown'."
Despite no one being injured, the driver was arrested at the scene. Investigations are underway to determine if the motorist, who had been driving a vehicle with R plates, was unfit through drink or drugs.
(JG/CM)
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