Drink driver crashed into lamppost in Cambridge at 'twice legal limit'

A drink driver who was twice the legal limit crashed into a lamppost in Cambridge. Tom Onyango has now lost his licence.

Police received a call from a concerned member of the public at about 3am on June 2 to say that a silver Mercedes was parked in the middle of Hills Road. The driver was slumped over the steering wheel.

Residents woke the driver, 43-year-old Onyango, who then started driving slowly towards the train station before crashing into a lamppost. Onyango, of Beck Row in Bury St Edmunds, blew 89 at the roadside, more than twice the legal limit of 35 microgrammes per 100 millilitres of breath.

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He went on to provide an evidential reading of 77 in custody. At Cambridge Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (4 July), he was disqualified from driving for 20 months and must pay a £288 fine.

PC Francesca Lynch said: “We continue to urge motorists to report their concerns around drink and drug drivers across Cambridgeshire so we can make the roads a safer place for everyone.”

Cambridgeshire Constabulary operates a confidential 24/7 hotline for drink and drug drivers on 0800 032 0845.