Drink-driver, 80, banned from roads after smashing into traffic lights in Huntingdon
An elderly drink-driver who smashed into traffic lights has been banned from the roads for more than a year.
Malcolm Young, 80, crashed his blue Honda Civic in Huntingdon on 2 March and was later found to be double the legal limit, said Cambridgeshire Police.
When officers arrived at the junction of Primrose Lane and Nursery Road at 3am, Young was still in his car, slurring his speech and unable to stand up straight.
Young, of Mill Close in Hartford, admitted he had been drinking and in June pleaded guilty to drink driving at Peterborough Magistrates' Court.
He was disqualified from driving for 20 months and ordered to pay a fine of £300.
PC Samuel Bunting, who investigated, said: 'Young knew he had been drinking and still got behind the wheel.'Thankfully, no one else was hurt in the collision.'
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