Driver 'inches from death' as post smashes through windscreen in early-hours crash
An alleged drink driver was left "inches from death" when a wooden post smashed through his windscreen in an early-hours crash.
The male BMW i8 driver crashed at Wolverhampton Road in Shifnal shortly after 1am this morning.
Police said the "drink driver" escaped injury and was found hiding nearby thanks to a police helicopter.
His car was wrecked as it left the road and ended up in a nearby field.
A thick wooden post smashed through the windscreen on the passenger side and photos from the scene showed damage to all parts of the car.
The police team at Shropshire's Operational Patrol Unit said that the helicopter, five police crews, a dog unit, two ambulances and four sets of firefighters were all dispatched to hunt for the driver.
A Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service statement said that a thermal imaging camera was used to check the scene.
West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman Jamie Arrowsmith said: “We were called at 1.08am to reports of a single vehicle road traffic collision with the car having left the road on Wolverhampton Road in Shifnal. Two ambulances and a paramedic officer attended the scene.
"However, on arrival there were no patients at the scene for us to treat and we were stood down.”
