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Drink-driving arrest over car and ambulance crash

News imageForest Heath Police A police car parked at an angle across a sliproad blocks the entrance to a road. A "POLICE ROAD CLOSED" sign is positioned in the foreground.Forest Heath Police
The crash happened on the A1101 - between Bury St Edmunds and Mildenhall

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving after a car crashed into an ambulance.

In a post on Facebook, Suffolk Police said the uninsured man "selfishly decided to drink and drive" ahead of the collision on the A1101 at Icklingham at 23:20 GMT on Sunday.

Officers from the Forest Heath team said the NHS East of England Ambulance Service vehicle was not on an emergency response, but was transporting a "patient/family member" to hospital.

Police added there were no injuries and that the 21-year-old man's "disgraceful actions will have to be answered for in interview when [he is] sober".

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