Man charged with failing to provide specimen of breath after bridge crash

A man’s been charged with failing to provide specimen of breath following a bridge crash near Chippenham.

Emergency services were called to the scene on the B4069 at Christian Malford shortly after 7pm on Saturday night after a red Mini collided with a wall before entering the River Avon.

Fire crews from Chippenham and Royal Wootton Bassett rescued the 41-year-old driver from the wreckage using a winch and tools before he was handed over to paramedics.

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Wiltshire Air Ambulance was tasked to the scene but his injuries weren’t as serious as first thought.

Mark James Davies, from Swansea, has been charged with failing to provide a specimen of breath.

He has been bailed to appear before magistrates on 11 November 2020.

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