Arrest after social club car smash (From Crewe Guardian)

Arrest after social club car smash

12:40pm Wednesday 21st November 2012 in News By Matthew Taylor

FIREFIGHTERS cut a man free from his car after it barrelled through a plate glass window and into the bar of Coppenhall Working Men’s Club in Crewe.

Cheshire Fire service had to prop the building on North Street up with special support equipment while they rescued the driver from inside his silver Renault people carrier.

Three fire engines, an ambulance rapid response vehicle, an advanced paramedic and a community first responder rushed to the scene at 6.48pm on Sunday, November 8.

Once freed, the 45-year-old driver from Crewe was taken to Leighton Hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries.

He has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and released on police bail.

No-one else was injured during the incident.

Emergency services received the phone call from a mobile phone, stating a car had collided with the club and had gone through the window and inner wall of the club.

Coppenhall Working Men’s Club has been severely damaged, and is undergoing health and safety checks to access the structural state of the building.

Cheshire Police have launched an investigation to establish the circumstances surrounding the collision.

Anyone who has any information concerning the incident is asked to contact Cheshire Police on 101 the non-emergency number.